Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$32.5M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$43.1M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$9.8M
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Where The Rookie ranks
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Quick answer
How did The Rookie (2002) perform at the box office?
High confidenceThe Rookie (2002) earned a reported $75.6M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $55.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.78x. In this database it currently ranks #2,543 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #62 among 2002 releases.
- Worldwide gross
- $75,597,042
- Budget
- $20,000,000
- Gross minus budget
- $55,597,042
- ROI
- 3.78x
Synopsis
Story
Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first, making it to state for the first time in the history of the school. Jim, forced to live up to his end of the deal, is nearly laughed off the try-out field--until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts (and himself) by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Jim's still got a lot of pitches to throw before he makes it to The Show, but with his big-league dreams revived, there's no telling where he could go.
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Why this movie matters
Released in 2002, The Rookie is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Family title from Walt Disney Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $75.6M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $55.6M, ROI is 3.78x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,543 all-time in the current chart set and #62 among 2002 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.
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