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#7,231 All-time worldwide
#181 2005 releases

Movie profile

Hacking Away at Saw

2005 · 36 min · Lions Gate Films

Documentary Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.0M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$5.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Hacking Away at Saw 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 #7,231 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #181 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Studio / company #10 Lions Gate Films of 15 titles Position inside the mapped Lions Gate Films movie set. Primary genre #77 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.

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Quick answer

How did Hacking Away at Saw (2005) perform at the box office?

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Hacking Away at Saw (2005) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $12.0M. In this database it currently ranks #7,231 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #181 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$11,955,381
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Cary Elwes (Dr Gordon), writer/actor Leigh Whannell, director James Wan, Tobin Bell (Jigsaw) and the producers give insights on how Saw (2004) came together and the limitations they faced with time and budget.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 18, 2005
Production
Lions Gate Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, Hacking Away at Saw is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary, Horror title from Lions Gate Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.0M. For comparison, it currently sits #7,231 all-time in the current chart set and #181 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.