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#62 All-time worldwide

#1 2001 releases

Movie profile

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Name: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Released: 2001-11-16
Duration: 152 min

2001 · 152 min · Warner Bros. Pictures

Adventure Fantasy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $976.5M

Budget $125.0M

Gross minus budget $851.5M

ROI 7.81x

Domestic gross

$390.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$585.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$109.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #62 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #1 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #4 Warner Bros. Pictures of 288 titles Position inside the mapped Warner Bros. Pictures movie set. Franchise #2 Harry Potter of 8 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #49 Adventure of 2,164 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 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) earned a reported $976.5M worldwide against a reported $125.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $851.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 7.81x. In this database it currently ranks #62 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #1 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross: $976,475,550
Budget: $125,000,000
Gross minus budget: $851,475,550
ROI: 7.81x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Nov 16, 2001
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures, Heyday Films, 1492 Pictures
Countries: GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyWarner Bros. Pictures FranchiseHarry Potter Release year chart2001 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFantasy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Fantasy title from Warner Bros. Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $976.5M, reported production budget is $125.0M, gross-minus-budget is $851.5M, ROI is 7.81x. For comparison, it currently sits #62 all-time in the current chart set and #1 among 2001 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.