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#3,566 All-time worldwide
#69 2021 releases

Movie profile

In the Heights

2021 · 143 min · Likely Story

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $45.2M
Budget $55.0M
Gross minus budget -$9.8M
ROI 0.82x

Domestic gross

$22.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$22.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where In the Heights 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 #3,566 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2021 releases #69 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2021. Studio / company #2 Likely Story of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Likely Story movie set. Primary genre #1,294 Drama of 5,859 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.

#3,563 Léon: The Professional 1994 · $45.3M #3,564 Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere 2025 · $45.2M #3,565 Confessions 2010 · $45.2M #3,567 Blair Witch 2016 · $45.2M #3,568 Flatliners 2017 · $45.2M #3,569 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 2005 · $45.1M

Quick answer

How did In the Heights (2021) perform at the box office?

High confidence

In the Heights (2021) earned a reported $45.2M worldwide against a reported $55.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$9.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.82x. In this database it currently ranks #3,566 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #69 among 2021 releases.

Worldwide gross
$45,175,167
Budget
$55,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$9,824,833
ROI
0.82x
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

The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 10, 2021
Production
Likely Story, Scott Sanders Productions, 5000 Broadway Productions
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2021, In the Heights is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Likely Story. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $45.2M, reported production budget is $55.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$9.8M, ROI is 0.82x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,566 all-time in the current chart set and #69 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.