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#9,502 All-time worldwide
#207 2001 releases

Movie profile

Metropolis

2001 · 107 min · Bandai Visual

Animation Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.0M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$11.0M
ROI 0.27x

Domestic gross

$1.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$520,565

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Metropolis ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #9,502 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #207 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #5 Bandai Visual of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Bandai Visual movie set. Primary genre #816 Animation of 920 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 Metropolis (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Metropolis (2001) earned a reported $4.0M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$11.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.27x. In this database it currently ranks #9,502 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #207 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,035,384
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$10,964,616
ROI
0.27x
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

In the midst of societal conflict in the futuristic city of Metropolis, Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban set out to uncover the mystery behind the first human-like robot, Tima.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 26, 2001
Production
Bandai Visual, Destination Films, TOHO
Countries
JP

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyBandai Visual Release year chart2001 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartScience Fiction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, Metropolis is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Science Fiction title from Bandai Visual. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.0M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$11.0M, ROI is 0.27x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,502 all-time in the current chart set and #207 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.