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#2,169 All-time worldwide
#47 2001 releases

Movie profile

Behind Enemy Lines

2001 · 106 min · Davis Entertainment

Action Drama Thriller War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $91.8M
Budget $40.0M
Gross minus budget $51.8M
ROI 2.29x

Domestic gross

$45.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$45.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$8.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Behind Enemy Lines 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 #2,169 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #47 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #8 Davis Entertainment of 21 titles Position inside the mapped Davis Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #822 Action of 2,939 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.

#2,166 Dave 1993 · $92.0M #2,166 I Love You, Man 2009 · $92.0M #2,168 Talk to Me 2023 · $92.0M #2,170 Southpaw 2015 · $91.7M #2,171 Shadow 2018 · $91.7M #2,172 Season of the Witch 2011 · $91.6M

Quick answer

How did Behind Enemy Lines (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Behind Enemy Lines (2001) earned a reported $91.8M worldwide against a reported $40.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $51.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.29x. In this database it currently ranks #2,169 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #47 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$91,753,202
Budget
$40,000,000
Gross minus budget
$51,753,202
ROI
2.29x
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

While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer, Admiral Reigart, decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 30, 2001
Production
Davis Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, Behind Enemy Lines is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Drama, Thriller title from Davis Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $91.8M, reported production budget is $40.0M, gross-minus-budget is $51.8M, ROI is 2.29x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,169 all-time in the current chart set and #47 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.