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#6,360 All-time worldwide
#127 2000 releases

Movie profile

In the Mood for Love

2000 · 99 min · Block 2 Pictures

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $15.9M
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget $12.9M
ROI 5.29x

Domestic gross

$7.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where In the Mood for Love 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 #6,360 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2000 releases #127 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2000. Studio / company #2 Block 2 Pictures of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Block 2 Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,603 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.

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Quick answer

How did In the Mood for Love (2000) perform at the box office?

High confidence

In the Mood for Love (2000) earned a reported $15.9M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $12.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.29x. In this database it currently ranks #6,360 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #127 among 2000 releases.

Worldwide gross
$15,867,968
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
$12,867,968
ROI
5.29x
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

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 29, 2000
Production
Block 2 Pictures, Paradis Films, Jet Tone Production
Countries
HK, FR

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2000, In the Mood for Love is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Block 2 Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $15.9M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is $12.9M, ROI is 5.29x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,360 all-time in the current chart set and #127 among 2000 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.