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#5,250 All-time worldwide
#174 2013 releases

Movie profile

The Way Way Back

2013 · 103 min · Sycamore Pictures

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $23.2M
Budget $4.6M
Gross minus budget $18.6M
ROI 5.04x

Domestic gross

$11.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Way Way Back 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 #5,250 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2013 releases #174 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2013. Primary genre #2,058 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 Way Way Back (2013) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Way Way Back (2013) earned a reported $23.2M worldwide against a reported $4.6M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $18.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.04x. In this database it currently ranks #5,250 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #174 among 2013 releases.

Worldwide gross
$23,198,652
Budget
$4,600,000
Gross minus budget
$18,598,652
ROI
5.04x
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

Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 6, 2013
Production
Sycamore Pictures, OddLot Entertainment, The Walsh Company
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companySycamore Pictures Release year chart2013 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2013, The Way Way Back is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Sycamore Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $23.2M, reported production budget is $4.6M, gross-minus-budget is $18.6M, ROI is 5.04x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,250 all-time in the current chart set and #174 among 2013 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.