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#6,561 All-time worldwide
#146 2001 releases

Movie profile

The Little Polar Bear

2001 · 78 min · Rothkirch Cartoon Film

Animation Family Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.8M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$6.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Little Polar Bear 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 #6,561 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #146 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #1 Rothkirch Cartoon Film of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Rothkirch Cartoon Film movie set. Franchise #1 The Little Polar Bear of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #613 Animation of 920 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.

#6,558 Music of the Heart 1999 · $14.9M #6,559 Emperor 2012 · $14.9M #6,560 Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales 2025 · $14.8M #6,562 Eve's Bayou 1997 · $14.8M #6,563 Supernova 2000 · $14.8M #6,564 Little Children 2006 · $14.8M

Quick answer

How did The Little Polar Bear (2001) perform at the box office?

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The Little Polar Bear (2001) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $14.8M. In this database it currently ranks #6,561 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #146 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,846,994
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

This charming animated adventure follows a young polar bear, Lars, as he befriends Robbie, a seal. Together, these two form a friendship that proves different breeds of animals can get along perfectly well.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 4, 2001
Production
Rothkirch Cartoon Film, WDR, MaBo Filmproduktion
Countries
DE

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyRothkirch Cartoon Film FranchiseThe Little Polar Bear Release year chart2001 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartFamily Genre chartFantasy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, The Little Polar Bear is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Family, Fantasy title from Rothkirch Cartoon Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.8M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,561 all-time in the current chart set and #146 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.