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#4,490 All-time worldwide
#82 2021 releases

Movie profile

Respect

2021 · 145 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Drama Music History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $31.2M
Budget $55.0M
Gross minus budget -$23.8M
ROI 0.57x

Domestic gross

$15.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$15.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Respect 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 #4,490 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2021 releases #82 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2021. Studio / company #45 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #1,699 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.

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Quick answer

How did Respect (2021) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Respect (2021) earned a reported $31.2M worldwide against a reported $55.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$23.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.57x. In this database it currently ranks #4,490 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #82 among 2021 releases.

Worldwide gross
$31,217,372
Budget
$55,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$23,782,628
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 rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 12, 2021
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Bron Studios, One Community
Countries
US, CA

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2021, Respect is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Music, History title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $31.2M, reported production budget is $55.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$23.8M, ROI is 0.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,490 all-time in the current chart set and #82 among 2021 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.