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#4,400 All-time worldwide
#143 2011 releases

Movie profile

Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow

2011 · 115 min · Generation Blue Films

Mystery Action History Comedy Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $32.4M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$12.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$19.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow 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 #4,400 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2011 releases #143 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2011. Studio / company #1 Generation Blue Films of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Generation Blue Films movie set. Franchise #1 Detective K of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #351 Mystery of 951 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.

#4,397 The Invention of Lying 2009 · $32.4M #4,397 Alpha Dog 2006 · $32.4M #4,397 Stuber 2019 · $32.4M #4,401 The Wave 2008 · $32.4M #4,402 Nothing in Common 1986 · $32.3M #4,403 All These Years 2023 · $32.3M

Quick answer

How did Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow (2011) perform at the box office?

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Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow (2011) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $32.4M. In this database it currently ranks #4,400 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #143 among 2011 releases.

Worldwide gross
$32,358,664
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

In 1782, King Jeong-jo of Joseon asks detective K to investigate a series of murders related to a case of corruption within the government.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 27, 2011
Production
Generation Blue Films, WithUs Films, Showbox
Countries
KR

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2011, Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow is positioned in this dataset as a Mystery, Action, History title from Generation Blue Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $32.4M. For comparison, it currently sits #4,400 all-time in the current chart set and #143 among 2011 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.