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#6,564 All-time worldwide
#189 2006 releases

Movie profile

Little Children

2006 · 137 min · New Line Cinema

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.8M
Budget $26.0M
Gross minus budget -$11.2M
ROI 0.57x

Domestic gross

$7.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Little Children 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 #6,564 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2006 releases #189 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2006. Studio / company #131 New Line Cinema of 178 titles Position inside the mapped New Line Cinema movie set. Primary genre #2,700 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.

#6,561 The Little Polar Bear 2001 · $14.8M #6,562 Eve's Bayou 1997 · $14.8M #6,563 Supernova 2000 · $14.8M #6,565 The Substitute 1996 · $14.8M #6,566 One Piece: Dead End Adventure 2003 · $14.8M #6,567 Threesome 1994 · $14.8M

Quick answer

How did Little Children (2006) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Little Children (2006) earned a reported $14.8M worldwide against a reported $26.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$11.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.57x. In this database it currently ranks #6,564 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #189 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,821,658
Budget
$26,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$11,178,342
ROI
0.57x
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 lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 6, 2006
Production
New Line Cinema, Standard Film Company, Bona Fide Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyNew Line Cinema Release year chart2006 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, Little Children is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from New Line Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.8M, reported production budget is $26.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$11.2M, ROI is 0.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,564 all-time in the current chart set and #189 among 2006 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.