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#5,953 All-time worldwide
#183 2018 releases

Movie profile

Sorry to Bother You

2018 · 112 min · Cinereach

Fantasy Science Fiction Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.2M
Budget $3.2M
Gross minus budget $15.0M
ROI 5.69x

Domestic gross

$7.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Sorry to Bother You 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 #5,953 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2018 releases #183 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2018. Studio / company #2 Cinereach of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Cinereach movie set. Primary genre #781 Fantasy of 1,285 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 Sorry to Bother You (2018) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Sorry to Bother You (2018) earned a reported $18.2M worldwide against a reported $3.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $15.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.69x. In this database it currently ranks #5,953 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #183 among 2018 releases.

Worldwide gross
$18,200,000
Budget
$3,200,000
Gross minus budget
$15,000,000
ROI
5.69x
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 an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 6, 2018
Production
Cinereach, Significant Productions, MACRO
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCinereach Release year chart2018 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2018, Sorry to Bother You is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Science Fiction, Comedy title from Cinereach. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.2M, reported production budget is $3.2M, gross-minus-budget is $15.0M, ROI is 5.69x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,953 all-time in the current chart set and #183 among 2018 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.