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#5,206 All-time worldwide
#141 2005 releases

Movie profile

Hustle & Flow

2005 · 116 min · New Deal Productions

Crime Drama Music
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $23.6M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget $15.6M
ROI 2.95x

Domestic gross

$11.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Hustle & Flow 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 #5,206 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #141 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Studio / company #3 New Deal Productions of 3 titles Position inside the mapped New Deal Productions movie set. Primary genre #824 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 Hustle & Flow (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Hustle & Flow (2005) earned a reported $23.6M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $15.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.95x. In this database it currently ranks #5,206 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #141 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$23,563,727
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
$15,563,727
ROI
2.95x
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 help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 22, 2005
Production
New Deal Productions, Crunk Pictures, Homegrown Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, Hustle & Flow is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Music title from New Deal Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $23.6M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is $15.6M, ROI is 2.95x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,206 all-time in the current chart set and #141 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.