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#7,246 All-time worldwide
#182 2005 releases

Movie profile

Empire of the Wolves

2005 · 128 min · Gaumont

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $11.9M
Budget $24.0M
Gross minus budget -$12.1M
ROI 0.49x

Domestic gross

$4.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Empire of the Wolves ranks

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Quick answer

How did Empire of the Wolves (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Empire of the Wolves (2005) earned a reported $11.9M worldwide against a reported $24.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$12.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.49x. In this database it currently ranks #7,246 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #182 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$11,875,866
Budget
$24,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$12,124,134
ROI
0.49x
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

When the young detective Paul Nerteaux finds the third slashed female corpse of illegal Turkish immigrants, he decides to ask for support to the experienced dark retired detective Jean-Louis Schiffer to chase the serial killer. Together, they infiltrate in the Turkish mafia trying to find the answer to the crimes. Meanwhile, the worker Anna Heymes is being submitted to a brain treatment and has severe headaches and glimpses of memories and visions. When these two parallel events collide, disclose that the Turkish organization "The Wolves" is behind them.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 20, 2005
Production
Gaumont, Kairos, Canal+
Countries
FR

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, Empire of the Wolves is positioned in this dataset as a Action title from Gaumont. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $11.9M, reported production budget is $24.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$12.1M, ROI is 0.49x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,246 all-time in the current chart set and #182 among 2005 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.