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#4,790 All-time worldwide
#107 2001 releases

Movie profile

The Brothers

2001 · 106 min · Screen Gems

Comedy Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $27.9M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget $21.9M
ROI 4.65x

Domestic gross

$14.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$14.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Brothers 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 #4,790 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #107 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #30 Screen Gems of 41 titles Position inside the mapped Screen Gems movie set. Primary genre #1,844 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 The Brothers (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Brothers (2001) earned a reported $27.9M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $21.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.65x. In this database it currently ranks #4,790 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #107 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$27,900,000
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
$21,900,000
ROI
4.65x
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

This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves "The Brothers". When the playboy gets engaged, the other three friends find themselves having to come to terms with their own issues of commitment and honesty...

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 23, 2001
Production
Screen Gems
Countries
US

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, The Brothers is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from Screen Gems. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $27.9M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $21.9M, ROI is 4.65x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,790 all-time in the current chart set and #107 among 2001 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.