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#5,904 All-time worldwide
#138 2002 releases

Movie profile

Empire

2002 · 99 min · Universal Pictures

Crime Action Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.6M
Budget $4.0M
Gross minus budget $14.6M
ROI 4.65x

Domestic gross

$9.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Empire 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 #5,904 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #138 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #247 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #936 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 Empire (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Empire (2002) earned a reported $18.6M worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $14.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.65x. In this database it currently ranks #5,904 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #138 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$18,591,272
Budget
$4,000,000
Gross minus budget
$14,591,272
ROI
4.65x
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

Big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top, Victor soon finds out that he's been double crossed and his last option is to get revenge.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 6, 2002
Production
Universal Pictures, Bigel / Mailer Films, Arenas
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart2002 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartAction Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, Empire is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Action, Drama title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.6M, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is $14.6M, ROI is 4.65x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,904 all-time in the current chart set and #138 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.