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#7,646 All-time worldwide
#168 2001 releases

Movie profile

Wasabi

2001 · 94 min · Tf1 Films Production

Drama Action Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.4M
Budget $15.3M
Gross minus budget -$4.9M
ROI 0.68x

Domestic gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$932,972

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Wasabi 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 #7,646 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #168 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #5 Tf1 Films Production of 6 titles Position inside the mapped Tf1 Films Production movie set. Primary genre #3,191 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 Wasabi (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Wasabi (2001) earned a reported $10.4M worldwide against a reported $15.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$4.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.68x. In this database it currently ranks #7,646 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #168 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,366,360
Budget
$15,300,000
Gross minus budget
-$4,933,640
ROI
0.68x
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

Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 31, 2001
Production
TF1 Films Production, EuropaCorp, Samitose Productions
Countries
FR, JP

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, Wasabi is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Action, Comedy title from TF1 Films Production. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.4M, reported production budget is $15.3M, gross-minus-budget is -$4.9M, ROI is 0.68x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,646 all-time in the current chart set and #168 among 2001 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.