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#2,160 All-time worldwide
#68 2008 releases

Movie profile

Role Models

2008 · 99 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $92.4M
Budget $28.0M
Gross minus budget $64.4M
ROI 3.30x

Domestic gross

$37.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$55.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$10.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Role Models 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 #2,160 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #68 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Studio / company #120 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #794 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.

#2,157 No Reservations 2007 · $92.6M #2,158 Five Feet Apart 2019 · $92.6M #2,159 I Am Sam 2001 · $92.5M #2,161 Four Brothers 2005 · $92.4M #2,162 Downfall 2004 · $92.2M #2,163 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 2009 · $92.2M

Quick answer

How did Role Models (2008) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Role Models (2008) earned a reported $92.4M worldwide against a reported $28.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $64.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.30x. In this database it currently ranks #2,160 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #68 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$92,380,927
Budget
$28,000,000
Gross minus budget
$64,380,927
ROI
3.30x
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

Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look half bad.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 7, 2008
Production
Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Stuber/Parent
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart2008 box office Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, Role Models is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $92.4M, reported production budget is $28.0M, gross-minus-budget is $64.4M, ROI is 3.30x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,160 all-time in the current chart set and #68 among 2008 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.