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#5,170 All-time worldwide
#136 2004 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $23.9M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget $3.9M
ROI 1.20x

Domestic gross

$12.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$12.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Birth ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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Quick answer

How did Birth (2004) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Birth (2004) earned a reported $23.9M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.20x. In this database it currently ranks #5,170 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #136 among 2004 releases.

Worldwide gross
$23,900,000
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
$3,900,000
ROI
1.20x
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

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 29, 2004
Production
Academy Films, New Line Cinema, Lou Yi
Countries
DE, GB, US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2004, Birth is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Mystery title from Academy Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $23.9M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $3.9M, ROI is 1.20x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,170 all-time in the current chart set and #136 among 2004 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.