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#6,304 All-time worldwide
#159 2004 releases

Movie profile

Vanity Fair

2004 · 141 min · Focus Features

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $16.1M
Budget $23.0M
Gross minus budget -$6.9M
ROI 0.70x

Domestic gross

$8.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Vanity Fair 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 #6,304 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2004 releases #159 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2004. Studio / company #23 Focus Features of 34 titles Position inside the mapped Focus Features movie set. Primary genre #2,575 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.

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Quick answer

How did Vanity Fair (2004) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Vanity Fair (2004) earned a reported $16.1M worldwide against a reported $23.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$6.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.70x. In this database it currently ranks #6,304 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #159 among 2004 releases.

Worldwide gross
$16,123,851
Budget
$23,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$6,876,149
ROI
0.70x
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

In early 19th century England, orphaned Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 1, 2004
Production
Focus Features, Tempesta Films, Granada Productions
Countries
GB, US

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Studio / production companyFocus Features Release year chart2004 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2004, Vanity Fair is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Focus Features. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $16.1M, reported production budget is $23.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$6.9M, ROI is 0.70x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,304 all-time in the current chart set and #159 among 2004 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.