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#7,643 All-time worldwide
#214 2006 releases

Movie profile

A Dirty Carnival

2006 · 141 min · Sidus

Crime Drama Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.4M
Budget $4.7M
Gross minus budget $5.7M
ROI 2.21x

Domestic gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$933,480

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Dirty Carnival 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 #7,643 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2006 releases #214 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2006. Studio / company #3 Sidus of 6 titles Position inside the mapped Sidus movie set. Primary genre #1,192 Crime of 1,921 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 A Dirty Carnival (2006) perform at the box office?

High confidence

A Dirty Carnival (2006) earned a reported $10.4M worldwide against a reported $4.7M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.21x. In this database it currently ranks #7,643 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #214 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,371,998
Budget
$4,700,000
Gross minus budget
$5,671,998
ROI
2.21x
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 small-time thug who collects debts for the local triad is torn between his criminal aspirations and his devotion to family.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 17, 2006
Production
Sidus, CJ Entertainment, Froniter Works Comic
Countries
KR

Related indexes

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Studio / production companySidus Release year chart2006 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartAction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, A Dirty Carnival is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Action title from Sidus. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.4M, reported production budget is $4.7M, gross-minus-budget is $5.7M, ROI is 2.21x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,643 all-time in the current chart set and #214 among 2006 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.