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#2,951 All-time worldwide
#70 2001 releases

Movie profile

Zoolander

2001 · 89 min · Paramount Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $60.8M
Budget $28.0M
Gross minus budget $32.8M
ROI 2.17x

Domestic gross

$24.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$36.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Zoolander 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 #2,951 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #70 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #152 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 Zoolander of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,110 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.

#2,948 Snatched 2017 · $60.8M #2,949 Kick-Ass 2 2013 · $60.8M #2,950 (500) Days of Summer 2009 · $60.8M #2,952 65 2023 · $60.7M #2,953 Ron's Gone Wrong 2021 · $60.7M #2,954 Why Did I Get Married Too? 2010 · $60.7M

Quick answer

How did Zoolander (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Zoolander (2001) earned a reported $60.8M worldwide against a reported $28.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $32.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.17x. In this database it currently ranks #2,951 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #70 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$60,780,981
Budget
$28,000,000
Gross minus budget
$32,780,981
ROI
2.17x
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

Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic Hansel scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru Mugatu seizes the opportunity to turn Derek into a killing machine. It's a well-designed conspiracy and only with the help of Hansel and a few well-chosen accessories like Matilda can Derek make the world safe for male models everywhere.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 28, 2001
Production
Paramount Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, VH1 Films
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, Zoolander is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $60.8M, reported production budget is $28.0M, gross-minus-budget is $32.8M, ROI is 2.17x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,951 all-time in the current chart set and #70 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.