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#4,339 All-time worldwide
#112 2003 releases

Movie profile

Girl with a Pearl Earring

2003 · 101 min · Archer Street Productions

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $33.0M
Budget $10.5M
Gross minus budget $22.5M
ROI 3.15x

Domestic gross

$16.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$16.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Girl with a Pearl Earring 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 #4,339 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2003 releases #112 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2003. Studio / company #1 Archer Street Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Archer Street Productions movie set. Primary genre #1,640 Drama of 5,859 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.

#4,336 The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course 2002 · $33.1M #4,337 Always - Sunset on Third Street 2005 · $33.1M #4,338 Seven Psychopaths 2012 · $33.0M #4,340 The Brice Man 2005 · $33.0M #4,341 Dogwood Tree 2010 · $33.0M #4,342 Borderlands 2024 · $33.0M

Quick answer

How did Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) earned a reported $33.0M worldwide against a reported $10.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $22.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.15x. In this database it currently ranks #4,339 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #112 among 2003 releases.

Worldwide gross
$33,030,115
Budget
$10,500,000
Gross minus budget
$22,530,115
ROI
3.15x
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

This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 12, 2003
Production
Archer Street Productions, Delux Productions, Pathé
Countries
FR, LU, GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyArcher Street Productions Release year chart2003 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2003, Girl with a Pearl Earring is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Archer Street Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $33.0M, reported production budget is $10.5M, gross-minus-budget is $22.5M, ROI is 3.15x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,339 all-time in the current chart set and #112 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.