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#5,143 All-time worldwide
#123 2002 releases

Movie profile

The Guru

2002 · 91 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy Romance Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $24.1M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$12.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$12.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Guru 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 #5,143 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #123 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #224 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,016 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 Guru (2002) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

The Guru (2002) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $24.1M. In this database it currently ranks #5,143 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #123 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$24,128,678
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Bored with Bollywood movies but fascinated with their Hollywood counterparts from his youth, Ram dreams to become a singer and actor in America, the country where dreams are made. He is encouraged when his American-based close friend, Vijay Rao, comes for visit, and brags about driving a Mercedes and living in a penthouse.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 21, 2002
Production
Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Working Title Films
Countries
GB, US, FR, DE

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, The Guru is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Romance, Drama title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $24.1M. For comparison, it currently sits #5,143 all-time in the current chart set and #123 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.