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#4,756 All-time worldwide
#128 2005 releases

Movie profile

The Upside of Anger

2005 · 118 min · Media 8 Entertainment

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $28.2M
Budget $12.0M
Gross minus budget $16.2M
ROI 2.35x

Domestic gross

$14.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$14.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Upside of Anger 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 #4,756 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #128 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Studio / company #2 Media 8 Entertainment of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Media 8 Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #1,827 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 Upside of Anger (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Upside of Anger (2005) earned a reported $28.2M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $16.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.35x. In this database it currently ranks #4,756 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #128 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$28,237,488
Budget
$12,000,000
Gross minus budget
$16,237,488
ROI
2.35x
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

After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two grow closer, and her daughters increasingly rely on Denny, Terry starts to have reservations about where their relationship is headed.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 11, 2005
Production
Media 8 Entertainment, Sunlight Productions, VIP Medienfonds 2
Countries
US, DE

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Studio / production companyMedia 8 Entertainment Release year chart2005 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, The Upside of Anger is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Media 8 Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $28.2M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is $16.2M, ROI is 2.35x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,756 all-time in the current chart set and #128 among 2005 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.