#587 All-time worldwide

#13 2006 releases

Movie profile

The Pursuit of Happyness

Name: The Pursuit of Happyness
Genre: Drama
Released: 2006-12-14
Duration: 117 min

2006 · 117 min · Escape Artists

Drama

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $307.1M

Budget $55.0M

Gross minus budget $252.1M

ROI 5.58x

Domestic gross

$153.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$153.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$27.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Pursuit of Happyness ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #587 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2006 releases #13 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2006. Studio / company #1 Escape Artists of 6 titles Position inside the mapped Escape Artists movie set. Primary genre #124 Drama of 6,006 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 Pursuit of Happyness (2006) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) earned a reported $307.1M worldwide against a reported $55.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $252.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.58x. In this database it currently ranks #587 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #13 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross: $307,077,295
Budget: $55,000,000
Gross minus budget: $252,077,295
ROI: 5.58x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 14, 2006
Production: Escape Artists, Relativity Media, Columbia Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyEscape Artists Release year chart2006 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, The Pursuit of Happyness is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Escape Artists. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $307.1M, reported production budget is $55.0M, gross-minus-budget is $252.1M, ROI is 5.58x. For comparison, it currently sits #587 all-time in the current chart set and #13 among 2006 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.