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#6,299 All-time worldwide
#141 2001 releases

Movie profile

Iris

2001 · 91 min · Miramax

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $16.2M
Budget $5.5M
Gross minus budget $10.7M
ROI 2.94x

Domestic gross

$8.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Iris 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 #6,299 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #141 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #41 Miramax of 77 titles Position inside the mapped Miramax movie set. Primary genre #2,573 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 Iris (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Iris (2001) earned a reported $16.2M worldwide against a reported $5.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $10.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.94x. In this database it currently ranks #6,299 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #141 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$16,153,953
Budget
$5,500,000
Gross minus budget
$10,653,953
ROI
2.94x
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

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 14, 2001
Production
Miramax, BBC Film, Intermedia Films
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMiramax Release year chart2001 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, Iris is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Miramax. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $16.2M, reported production budget is $5.5M, gross-minus-budget is $10.7M, ROI is 2.94x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,299 all-time in the current chart set and #141 among 2001 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.