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#3,658 All-time worldwide
#93 2002 releases

Movie profile

Orange County

2002 · 82 min · Mtv Films

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $43.3M
Budget $18.0M
Gross minus budget $25.3M
ROI 2.41x

Domestic gross

$21.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$21.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Orange County 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 #3,658 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #93 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #3 Mtv Films of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Mtv Films movie set. Primary genre #1,378 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 Orange County (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Orange County (2002) earned a reported $43.3M worldwide against a reported $18.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $25.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.41x. In this database it currently ranks #3,658 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #93 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$43,300,000
Budget
$18,000,000
Gross minus budget
$25,300,000
ROI
2.41x
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

Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his dysfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another, starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends in the wrong form.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 11, 2002
Production
MTV Films, Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMtv Films Release year chart2002 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, Orange County is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from MTV Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $43.3M, reported production budget is $18.0M, gross-minus-budget is $25.3M, ROI is 2.41x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,658 all-time in the current chart set and #93 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.