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#5,850 All-time worldwide
#132 2001 releases

Movie profile

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

2001 · 103 min · Vcl Communications

Comedy Crime Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.9M
Budget $33.0M
Gross minus budget -$14.1M
ROI 0.57x

Domestic gross

$7.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 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 #5,850 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #132 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Primary genre #2,282 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 Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) earned a reported $18.9M worldwide against a reported $33.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$14.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.57x. In this database it currently ranks #5,850 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #132 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$18,914,307
Budget
$33,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$14,085,693
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

CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they think. During a night out with the rest of the office employees, they go to watch Voltan, a magician who secretly hypnotizes both of them.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 24, 2001
Production
VCL Communications, Gravier Productions
Countries
US, DE

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyVcl Communications Release year chart2001 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Crime, Romance title from VCL Communications. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.9M, reported production budget is $33.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$14.1M, ROI is 0.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,850 all-time in the current chart set and #132 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.