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#7,031 All-time worldwide
#200 2006 releases

Movie profile

Idlewild

2006 · 121 min · HBO Films

Crime Drama Music
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.6M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$2.4M
ROI 0.84x

Domestic gross

$6.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Idlewild 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 #7,031 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2006 releases #200 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2006. Studio / company #3 HBO Films of 5 titles Position inside the mapped HBO Films movie set. Primary genre #1,092 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 Idlewild (2006) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Idlewild (2006) earned a reported $12.6M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.84x. In this database it currently ranks #7,031 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #200 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,643,027
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,356,973
ROI
0.84x
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

A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-era South, out of the hands of gangsters who want to take it over.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 25, 2006
Production
HBO Films, Forensic Films, Atlas Entertainment
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, Idlewild is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Music title from HBO Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.6M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.4M, ROI is 0.84x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,031 all-time in the current chart set and #200 among 2006 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.