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#5,791 All-time worldwide
#136 2003 releases

Movie profile

Deep Blue

2003 · 83 min · Greenlight Media Ag

Documentary
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $19.3M
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget $14.3M
ROI 3.86x

Domestic gross

$7.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Deep 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 #5,791 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2003 releases #136 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2003. Primary genre #54 Documentary of 204 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.

#5,788 Cell 211 2009 · $19.3M #5,789 Little Giants 1994 · $19.3M #5,789 Cursed 2005 · $19.3M #5,792 Summer of Sam 1999 · $19.3M #5,793 It Comes at Night 2017 · $19.3M #5,794 The Magic Roundabout 2005 · $19.3M

Quick answer

How did Deep Blue (2003) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Deep Blue (2003) earned a reported $19.3M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $14.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.86x. In this database it currently ranks #5,791 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #136 among 2003 releases.

Worldwide gross
$19,292,500
Budget
$5,000,000
Gross minus budget
$14,292,500
ROI
3.86x
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

Deep Blue is a major documentary feature film shot by the BBC Natural History Unit. An epic cinematic rollercoaster ride for all ages, Deep Blue uses amazing footage to tell us the story of our oceans and the life they support.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 18, 2003
Production
Greenlight Media AG, BBC Worldwide, BBC Studios Natural History Unit
Countries
DE, GB

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2003, Deep Blue is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary title from Greenlight Media AG. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $19.3M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $14.3M, ROI is 3.86x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,791 all-time in the current chart set and #136 among 2003 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.