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#5,044 All-time worldwide
#166 2016 releases

Movie profile

Free State of Jones

2016 · 140 min · St Xfilms

Action Drama History War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $25.0M
Budget $50.0M
Gross minus budget -$25.0M
ROI 0.50x

Domestic gross

$12.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$12.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Free State of Jones 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 #5,044 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2016 releases #166 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2016. Studio / company #12 St Xfilms of 16 titles Position inside the mapped St Xfilms movie set. Primary genre #1,570 Action of 2,939 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.

#5,041 Speechless 1994 · $25.1M #5,042 The Wood 1999 · $25.1M #5,043 Wyatt Earp 1994 · $25.1M #5,045 Six Degrees of Celebration 2010 · $25.0M #5,046 Ernest Goes to Jail 1990 · $25.0M #5,047 Kingpin 1996 · $25.0M

Quick answer

How did Free State of Jones (2016) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Free State of Jones (2016) earned a reported $25.0M worldwide against a reported $50.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$25.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.50x. In this database it currently ranks #5,044 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #166 among 2016 releases.

Worldwide gross
$25,035,950
Budget
$50,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$24,964,050
ROI
0.50x
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 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 24, 2016
Production
STXfilms, Huayi Brothers Pictures 浙江华谊兄弟影业, IM Global
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2016, Free State of Jones is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Drama, History title from STXfilms. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $25.0M, reported production budget is $50.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$25.0M, ROI is 0.50x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,044 all-time in the current chart set and #166 among 2016 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.