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#3,145 All-time worldwide
#108 2011 releases

Movie profile

The Tree of Life

2011 · 139 min · River Road Entertainment

Drama Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $54.7M
Budget $32.0M
Gross minus budget $22.7M
ROI 1.71x

Domestic gross

$27.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$27.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Tree of Life 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 #3,145 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2011 releases #108 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2011. Studio / company #3 River Road Entertainment of 5 titles Position inside the mapped River Road Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #1,088 Drama of 5,859 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.

#3,142 Driven 2001 · $54.7M #3,143 Mercy 2026 · $54.7M #3,144 The Punisher 2004 · $54.7M #3,147 Open Water 2004 · $54.7M #3,148 Small Soldiers 1998 · $54.7M #3,149 The Hot Chick 2002 · $54.6M

Quick answer

How did The Tree of Life (2011) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Tree of Life (2011) earned a reported $54.7M worldwide against a reported $32.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $22.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.71x. In this database it currently ranks #3,145 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #108 among 2011 releases.

Worldwide gross
$54,700,000
Budget
$32,000,000
Gross minus budget
$22,700,000
ROI
1.71x
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

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 17, 2011
Production
River Road Entertainment
Countries
US, IT, IS

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyRiver Road Entertainment Release year chart2011 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartFantasy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2011, The Tree of Life is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Fantasy title from River Road Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $54.7M, reported production budget is $32.0M, gross-minus-budget is $22.7M, ROI is 1.71x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,145 all-time in the current chart set and #108 among 2011 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.