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#4,493 All-time worldwide
#98 2001 releases

Movie profile

How High

2001 · 93 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $31.2M
Budget $12.0M
Gross minus budget $19.2M
ROI 2.60x

Domestic gross

$12.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$18.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where How High 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 #4,493 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #98 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #209 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,718 Comedy of 4,840 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

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Quick answer

How did How High (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

How High (2001) earned a reported $31.2M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $19.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.60x. In this database it currently ranks #4,493 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #98 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$31,200,000
Budget
$12,000,000
Gross minus budget
$19,200,000
ROI
2.60x
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

Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 21, 2001
Production
Universal Pictures, Jersey Films, Native Pictures Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, How High is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $31.2M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is $19.2M, ROI is 2.60x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,493 all-time in the current chart set and #98 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.