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#4,817 All-time worldwide
#90 2021 releases

Movie profile

I Am What I Am

2021 · 104 min · Yi Animation

Animation Comedy Action Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $27.6M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$11.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$15.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where I Am What I Am 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 #4,817 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2021 releases #90 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2021. Primary genre #467 Animation of 920 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.

#4,814 Hello, Love, Again 2024 · $27.6M #4,815 Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea 2006 · $27.6M #4,816 The Road 2009 · $27.6M #4,818 Goal! 2005 · $27.6M #4,819 One Cut of the Dead 2017 · $27.6M #4,820 School of Magical Animals 4 2025 · $27.6M

Quick answer

How did I Am What I Am (2021) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

I Am What I Am (2021) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $27.6M. In this database it currently ranks #4,817 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #90 among 2021 releases.

Worldwide gross
$27,620,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

By a fortunate coincidence, Gyun is inspired and encouraged by a girl with the same name. Therefore, he decides to form a lion dance troupe with his friends, Kat and Doggie, to break the constraints of reality and fight for themselves for once.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 11, 2021
Production
Yi Animation, Glowing Studios
Countries
CN

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2021, I Am What I Am is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Comedy, Action title from Yi Animation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $27.6M. For comparison, it currently sits #4,817 all-time in the current chart set and #90 among 2021 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.