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#7,284 All-time worldwide
#185 2005 releases

Movie profile

A Sound of Thunder

2005 · 101 min · Franchise Pictures

Thriller Science Fiction Adventure Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $11.7M
Budget $80.0M
Gross minus budget -$68.3M
ROI 0.15x

Domestic gross

$4.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Sound of Thunder 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 #7,284 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #185 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Studio / company #10 Franchise Pictures of 13 titles Position inside the mapped Franchise Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,671 Thriller of 2,567 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 Sound of Thunder (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

A Sound of Thunder (2005) earned a reported $11.7M worldwide against a reported $80.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$68.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.15x. In this database it currently ranks #7,284 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #185 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$11,700,000
Budget
$80,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$68,300,000
ROI
0.15x
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

When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 15, 2005
Production
Franchise Pictures, Crusader Entertainment, ApolloMedia
Countries
CZ, DE, CH, GB, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, A Sound of Thunder is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Science Fiction, Adventure title from Franchise Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $11.7M, reported production budget is $80.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$68.3M, ROI is 0.15x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,284 all-time in the current chart set and #185 among 2005 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.