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#6,148 All-time worldwide
#143 2003 releases

Movie profile

Ghosts of the Abyss

2003 · 91 min · Earthship Productions

Documentary
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.0M
Budget $13.0M
Gross minus budget $4.0M
ROI 1.31x

Domestic gross

$6.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ghosts of the Abyss 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 #6,148 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2003 releases #143 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2003. Primary genre #60 Documentary of 204 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.

#6,145 Norm of the North 2016 · $17.1M #6,146 Paranoia 2013 · $17.1M #6,147 Kinsey 2004 · $17.1M #6,149 The Guardian 1990 · $17.0M #6,150 Jury Duty 1995 · $17.0M #6,151 Tini: The New Life of Violetta 2016 · $17.0M

Quick answer

How did Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) earned a reported $17.0M worldwide against a reported $13.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.31x. In this database it currently ranks #6,148 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #143 among 2003 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,040,871
Budget
$13,000,000
Gross minus budget
$4,040,871
ROI
1.31x
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

With a team of the world's foremost historic and marine experts as well as friend Bill Paxton, James Cameron embarks on an unscripted adventure back to the wreck of the Titanic where nearly 1,500 souls lost their lives almost a century ago.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 10, 2003
Production
Earthship Productions, Walden Media, Walt Disney Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2003, Ghosts of the Abyss is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary title from Earthship Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.0M, reported production budget is $13.0M, gross-minus-budget is $4.0M, ROI is 1.31x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,148 all-time in the current chart set and #143 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.