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#2,898 All-time worldwide
#73 2002 releases

Movie profile

Like Mike

2002 · 99 min · 20th Century Fox

Comedy Family Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $62.3M
Budget $30.0M
Gross minus budget $32.3M
ROI 2.08x

Domestic gross

$26.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$35.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$8.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Like Mike 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 #2,898 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #73 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #58 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #1,088 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.

#2,895 Snow Day 2000 · $62.5M #2,896 C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud 1989 · $62.4M #2,897 Year One 2009 · $62.4M #2,899 28 Days 2000 · $62.2M #2,900 47 Meters Down 2017 · $62.2M #2,901 Two Brothers 2004 · $62.2M

Quick answer

How did Like Mike (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Like Mike (2002) earned a reported $62.3M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $32.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.08x. In this database it currently ranks #2,898 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #73 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$62,300,000
Budget
$30,000,000
Gross minus budget
$32,300,000
ROI
2.08x
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

Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to get the shoes when Calvin and the shoes are struck by lightning. Calvin now has unbelievable basketball powers and has the chance to play for the NBA.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 3, 2002
Production
20th Century Fox, Heller Highwater Productions, NBA Entertainment
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox FranchiseLike Mike Release year chart2002 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartFamily Genre chartFantasy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, Like Mike is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Family, Fantasy title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $62.3M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is $32.3M, ROI is 2.08x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,898 all-time in the current chart set and #73 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.