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#4,587 All-time worldwide
#158 2014 releases

Movie profile

When the Game Stands Tall

2014 · 115 min · Mandalay Pictures

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $30.1M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget $15.1M
ROI 2.01x

Domestic gross

$15.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$15.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where When the Game Stands Tall 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 #4,587 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2014 releases #158 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2014. Studio / company #2 Mandalay Pictures of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Mandalay Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,739 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.

#4,584 Blown Away 1994 · $30.2M #4,585 Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise 1987 · $30.1M #4,586 Priscilla 2023 · $30.1M #4,588 Godsend 2004 · $30.1M #4,589 Major Payne 1995 · $30.1M #4,590 Reagan 2024 · $30.1M

Quick answer

How did When the Game Stands Tall (2014) perform at the box office?

High confidence

When the Game Stands Tall (2014) earned a reported $30.1M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $15.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.01x. In this database it currently ranks #4,587 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #158 among 2014 releases.

Worldwide gross
$30,127,963
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
$15,127,963
ROI
2.01x
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

A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 22, 2014
Production
Mandalay Pictures, Affirm Films
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2014, When the Game Stands Tall is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Mandalay Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $30.1M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is $15.1M, ROI is 2.01x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,587 all-time in the current chart set and #158 among 2014 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.