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#7,760 All-time worldwide
#170 2003 releases

Movie profile

Elephant

2003 · 81 min · HBO Films

Crime Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.0M
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget $7.0M
ROI 3.33x

Domestic gross

$5.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$900,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Elephant 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 #7,760 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2003 releases #170 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2003. Studio / company #4 HBO Films of 5 titles Position inside the mapped HBO Films movie set. Primary genre #1,213 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 Elephant (2003) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Elephant (2003) earned a reported $10.0M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.33x. In this database it currently ranks #7,760 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #170 among 2003 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,000,000
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
$7,000,000
ROI
3.33x
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

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 20, 2003
Production
HBO Films, Blue Relief Productions, Meno Film Company
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyHBO Films Release year chart2003 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2003, Elephant is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama title from HBO Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.0M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is $7.0M, ROI is 3.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,760 all-time in the current chart set and #170 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.