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#5,136 All-time worldwide
#158 2012 releases

Movie profile

Wanderlust

2012 · 98 min · Relativity Media

Comedy Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $24.2M
Budget $35.0M
Gross minus budget -$10.8M
ROI 0.69x

Domestic gross

$9.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$14.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Wanderlust 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 #5,136 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2012 releases #158 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2012. Studio / company #15 Relativity Media of 19 titles Position inside the mapped Relativity Media movie set. Primary genre #2,014 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 Wanderlust (2012) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Wanderlust (2012) earned a reported $24.2M worldwide against a reported $35.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$10.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.69x. In this database it currently ranks #5,136 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #158 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross
$24,200,000
Budget
$35,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$10,800,000
ROI
0.69x
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

Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 23, 2012
Production
Relativity Media, A Hot Dog, Apatow Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyRelativity Media Release year chart2012 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, Wanderlust is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Romance title from Relativity Media. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $24.2M, reported production budget is $35.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$10.8M, ROI is 0.69x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,136 all-time in the current chart set and #158 among 2012 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.