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#5,663 All-time worldwide
#148 2004 releases

Movie profile

Melinda and Melinda

2004 · 100 min · Fox Searchlight Pictures

Comedy Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $20.1M
Budget $16.0M
Gross minus budget $4.1M
ROI 1.26x

Domestic gross

$10.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Melinda and Melinda 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 #5,663 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2004 releases #148 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2004. Studio / company #24 Fox Searchlight Pictures of 45 titles Position inside the mapped Fox Searchlight Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,216 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 Melinda and Melinda (2004) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Melinda and Melinda (2004) earned a reported $20.1M worldwide against a reported $16.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.26x. In this database it currently ranks #5,663 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #148 among 2004 releases.

Worldwide gross
$20,085,825
Budget
$16,000,000
Gross minus budget
$4,085,825
ROI
1.26x
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

While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 22, 2004
Production
Fox Searchlight Pictures, Gravier Productions
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyFox Searchlight Pictures Release year chart2004 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2004, Melinda and Melinda is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from Fox Searchlight Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $20.1M, reported production budget is $16.0M, gross-minus-budget is $4.1M, ROI is 1.26x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,663 all-time in the current chart set and #148 among 2004 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.