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#8,936 All-time worldwide
#234 2005 releases

Movie profile

Harsh Times

2005 · 116 min · Andrea Sperling Productions

Crime Drama Thriller Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.0M
Budget $2.0M
Gross minus budget $4.0M
ROI 3.00x

Domestic gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$540,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Harsh Times 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 #8,936 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #234 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Primary genre #1,387 Crime of 1,921 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 Harsh Times (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Harsh Times (2005) earned a reported $6.0M worldwide against a reported $2.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.00x. In this database it currently ranks #8,936 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #234 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,000,000
Budget
$2,000,000
Gross minus budget
$4,000,000
ROI
3.00x
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

Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying to get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 11, 2005
Production
Andrea Sperling Productions, Bauer Martinez Studios, Crave Films
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyAndrea Sperling Productions Release year chart2005 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller Genre chartAction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, Harsh Times is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Thriller title from Andrea Sperling Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.0M, reported production budget is $2.0M, gross-minus-budget is $4.0M, ROI is 3.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,936 all-time in the current chart set and #234 among 2005 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.