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#5,898 All-time worldwide
#155 2005 releases

Movie profile

An Unfinished Life

2005 · 108 min · Miramax

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.6M
Budget $30.0M
Gross minus budget -$11.4M
ROI 0.62x

Domestic gross

$9.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where An Unfinished Life 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 #5,898 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #155 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Studio / company #37 Miramax of 77 titles Position inside the mapped Miramax movie set. Primary genre #2,388 Drama of 5,859 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

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Quick answer

How did An Unfinished Life (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

An Unfinished Life (2005) earned a reported $18.6M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$11.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.62x. In this database it currently ranks #5,898 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #155 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$18,618,284
Budget
$30,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$11,381,716
ROI
0.62x
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

Stoic and heartbroken, Einar Gilkyson quietly lives in the rugged Wyoming ranchlands alongside his only trusted friend, Mitch Bradley. One day, the woman he blames for the death of his only son arrives at his door broke, desperate, and with a granddaughter he's never known. But even as buried anger and accusations resurface, the way is opened for unexpected connection, adventure, and forgiveness.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 9, 2005
Production
Miramax, Revolution Studios, Initial Entertainment Group
Countries
US, DE

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, An Unfinished Life is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Miramax. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.6M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$11.4M, ROI is 0.62x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,898 all-time in the current chart set and #155 among 2005 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.