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#2,644 All-time worldwide
#73 2003 releases

Movie profile

Holes

2003 · 117 min · Phoenix Pictures

Adventure Family Drama Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $71.4M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget $51.4M
ROI 3.57x

Domestic gross

$30.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$40.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$9.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Holes 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 #2,644 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2003 releases #73 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2003. Studio / company #3 Phoenix Pictures of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Phoenix Pictures movie set. Primary genre #795 Adventure of 2,138 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.

#2,641 The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 · $71.4M #2,642 Brick Mansions 2014 · $71.4M #2,643 xXx: State of the Union 2005 · $71.4M #2,645 The Nice Guys 2016 · $71.3M #2,646 Taxi 2004 · $71.3M #2,647 Down to Earth 2001 · $71.2M

Quick answer

How did Holes (2003) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Holes (2003) earned a reported $71.4M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $51.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.57x. In this database it currently ranks #2,644 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #73 among 2003 releases.

Worldwide gross
$71,406,573
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
$51,406,573
ROI
3.57x
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

After being wrongfully convicted for stealing a pair of shoes, Stanley Yelnats is sent away to Camp Green Lake, a boys detention facility where inmates are forced to dig holes all day in the hot desert sun as a form of character building. As he endures the brutal routine, Stanley begins to uncover a hidden truth behind the camp—one that connects to a dangerous secret and his family’s history.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 18, 2003
Production
Phoenix Pictures, Chicago Pacific Entertainment, Walden Media
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyPhoenix Pictures Release year chart2003 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFamily Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2003, Holes is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Family, Drama title from Phoenix Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $71.4M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $51.4M, ROI is 3.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,644 all-time in the current chart set and #73 among 2003 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.