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#7,681 All-time worldwide
#170 2001 releases

Movie profile

The Wash

2001 · 97 min · Lionsgate

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.2M
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget $3.2M
ROI 1.46x

Domestic gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Wash 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 #7,681 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #170 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #53 Lionsgate of 62 titles Position inside the mapped Lionsgate movie set. Primary genre #2,987 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 Wash (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Wash (2001) earned a reported $10.2M worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.46x. In this database it currently ranks #7,681 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #170 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,229,331
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
$3,229,331
ROI
1.46x
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

With the rent due and his car booted, Sean has to come up with some ends...and fast. When his best buddy and roommate Dee Loc, suggests that Sean get a job busting suds down at the local car wash.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 14, 2001
Production
Lionsgate, Lithium Entertainment Group
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, The Wash is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Lionsgate. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.2M, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is $3.2M, ROI is 1.46x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,681 all-time in the current chart set and #170 among 2001 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.