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#1,882 All-time worldwide
#65 2019 releases

Movie profile

The New King of Comedy

2019 · 90 min · Star Overseas

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $106.6M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget $98.6M
ROI 13.33x

Domestic gross

$42.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$64.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$11.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The New King of Comedy 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 #1,882 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2019 releases #65 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2019. Studio / company #1 Star Overseas of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Star Overseas movie set. Primary genre #678 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 King of Comedy (2019) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The New King of Comedy (2019) earned a reported $106.6M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $98.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 13.33x. In this database it currently ranks #1,882 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #65 among 2019 releases.

Worldwide gross
$106,618,508
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
$98,618,508
ROI
13.33x
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

A young female actor dreams of becoming famous and building a successful career despite being a stand-in and extra on most sets.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 5, 2019
Production
Star Overseas
Countries
CN

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyStar Overseas Release year chart2019 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2019, The New King of Comedy is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Star Overseas. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $106.6M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is $98.6M, ROI is 13.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,882 all-time in the current chart set and #65 among 2019 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.