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#7,755 All-time worldwide
#171 2002 releases

Movie profile

Kissing Jessica Stein

2002 · 97 min · Michael Alden Productions

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.0M
Budget $1.0M
Gross minus budget $9.0M
ROI 10.01x

Domestic gross

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Kissing Jessica Stein 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 #7,755 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #171 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Primary genre #3,021 Comedy of 4,840 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 Kissing Jessica Stein (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Kissing Jessica Stein (2002) earned a reported $10.0M worldwide against a reported $1.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 10.01x. In this database it currently ranks #7,755 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #171 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,013,424
Budget
$1,000,000
Gross minus budget
$9,013,424
ROI
10.01x
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

Jessica, a Jewish copy editor living and working in New York City, is plagued by failed blind dates with men, and decides to answer a newspaper's personal advertisement. The advertisement has been placed by 'lesbian-curious' Helen Cooper, a thirtysomething art gallerist.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 13, 2002
Production
Michael Alden Productions, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Brad Zions Films
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, Kissing Jessica Stein is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Michael Alden Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.0M, reported production budget is $1.0M, gross-minus-budget is $9.0M, ROI is 10.01x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,755 all-time in the current chart set and #171 among 2002 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.