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#7,145 All-time worldwide
#164 2002 releases

Movie profile

Dark Blue

2002 · 118 min · Intermedia Films

Crime Thriller Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.2M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$2.8M
ROI 0.81x

Domestic gross

$6.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dark Blue 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 #7,145 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #164 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #8 Intermedia Films of 9 titles Position inside the mapped Intermedia Films movie set. Primary genre #1,115 Crime of 1,921 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 Dark Blue (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Dark Blue (2002) earned a reported $12.2M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.81x. In this database it currently ranks #7,145 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #164 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,150,301
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,849,699
ROI
0.81x
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

Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 14, 2002
Production
Intermedia Films, IM Filmproduktion, Cosmic Picture
Countries
DE, GB, US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, Dark Blue is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Thriller, Drama title from Intermedia Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.2M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.8M, ROI is 0.81x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,145 all-time in the current chart set and #164 among 2002 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.