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#8,177 All-time worldwide
#233 2012 releases

Movie profile

Cold War

2012 · 102 min · Edko Films

Action Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.8M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$3.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$990,005

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Cold War 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 #8,177 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2012 releases #233 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2012. Studio / company #8 Edko Films of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Edko Films movie set. Franchise #2 Cold War of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #2,247 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.

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Quick answer

How did Cold War (2012) perform at the box office?

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Cold War (2012) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $8.8M. In this database it currently ranks #8,177 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #233 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,839,331
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Five police officers in Hong Kong are kidnapped. The police commissioner is on a business trip overseas. Two vice commissioners, Sean Rau and M.B. Lee, then take over the case. The two vice commissioners are rivals who both vie for the police commissioner seat. At first, M.B. Lee takes the lead in the case, but comes to a dead end. Sean Lau then takes the lead, but he falls into a trap. Both men are then investigated by the ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption).

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 8, 2012
Production
Edko Films, Irresistible Alpha Limited, Irresistible Delta
Countries
HK

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Studio / production companyEdko Films FranchiseCold War Release year chart2012 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, Cold War is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Thriller title from Edko Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.8M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,177 all-time in the current chart set and #233 among 2012 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.