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#3,651 All-time worldwide
#111 2008 releases

Movie profile

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

2008 · 101 min · New Line Cinema

Comedy Adventure
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $43.5M
Budget $12.0M
Gross minus budget $31.5M
ROI 3.62x

Domestic gross

$17.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$26.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #3,651 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #111 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Studio / company #81 New Line Cinema of 178 titles Position inside the mapped New Line Cinema movie set. Franchise #1 Harold & Kumar of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,374 Comedy of 4,840 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) earned a reported $43.5M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $31.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.62x. In this database it currently ranks #3,651 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #111 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$43,493,123
Budget
$12,000,000
Gross minus budget
$31,493,123
ROI
3.62x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlands. But the pair must change their plans when Kumar is accused of being a terrorist. Rob Corddry also stars in this wild comedy sequel that follows the hapless stoners' misadventures as they try to avoid being captured by the Department of Homeland Security.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 25, 2008
Production
New Line Cinema, Kingsgate Films, Mandate Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Adventure title from New Line Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $43.5M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is $31.5M, ROI is 3.62x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,651 all-time in the current chart set and #111 among 2008 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.