Slackers backdrop
Slackers poster
#8,861 All-time worldwide
#196 2002 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.4M
Budget $14.0M
Gross minus budget -$7.6M
ROI 0.46x

Domestic gross

$2.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$718,358

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Slackers ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings

Quick answer

How did Slackers (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Slackers (2002) earned a reported $6.4M worldwide against a reported $14.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$7.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.46x. In this database it currently ranks #8,861 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #196 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,413,915
Budget
$14,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$7,586,085
ROI
0.46x
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

Dave, Sam and Jeff are about to graduate from Holden University with honors in lying, cheating and scheming. The three roommates have proudly scammed their way through the last four years of college and now, during final exams, these big-men-on-campus are about to be busted by the most unlikely dude in school. Self-dubbed Cool Ethan, an ambitious nerd with a bad crush, enters their lives one day and everything begins to unravel.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 1, 2002
Production
Screen Gems, Alliance Atlantis, Neal H. Moritz Productions
Countries
CA, US

JustWatch

Where to watch

Streaming availability loaded for the selected region.
View all options
Showing United States availability.

Availability and provider links are powered by JustWatch where available. Provider availability can change by region and date.

AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, Slackers is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Romance title from Screen Gems. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.4M, reported production budget is $14.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$7.6M, ROI is 0.46x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,861 all-time in the current chart set and #196 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.