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#4,493 All-time worldwide
#109 2002 releases

Movie profile

The New Guy

2002 · 88 min · Bedlam Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $31.2M
Budget $13.0M
Gross minus budget $18.2M
ROI 2.40x

Domestic gross

$12.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$18.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The New Guy ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #4,493 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #109 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Primary genre #1,718 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 New Guy (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The New Guy (2002) earned a reported $31.2M worldwide against a reported $13.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $18.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.40x. In this database it currently ranks #4,493 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #109 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$31,200,000
Budget
$13,000,000
Gross minus budget
$18,200,000
ROI
2.40x
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

Nerdy high school senior Dizzy Harrison has finally gotten lucky -- after purposely getting expelled, he takes lessons in 'badass cool' from a convict and enrolls at a new school. But can he keep up the ruse?

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 10, 2002
Production
Bedlam Pictures, Revolution Studios, Frontier Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyBedlam Pictures Release year chart2002 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, The New Guy is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Bedlam Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $31.2M, reported production budget is $13.0M, gross-minus-budget is $18.2M, ROI is 2.40x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,493 all-time in the current chart set and #109 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.