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#8,178 All-time worldwide
#176 2002 releases

Movie profile

Infernal Affairs

2002 · 101 min · Media Asia Films

Drama Action Thriller Crime Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.8M
Budget $6.4M
Gross minus budget $2.4M
ROI 1.38x

Domestic gross

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$795,326

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Infernal Affairs 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 #8,178 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #176 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #5 Media Asia Films of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Media Asia Films movie set. Franchise #1 Infernal Affairs of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #3,449 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.

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Quick answer

How did Infernal Affairs (2002) perform at the box office?

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Infernal Affairs (2002) earned a reported $8.8M worldwide against a reported $6.4M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.38x. In this database it currently ranks #8,178 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #176 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,836,958
Budget
$6,400,000
Gross minus budget
$2,436,958
ROI
1.38x
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

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 12, 2002
Production
Media Asia Films, Basic Pictures
Countries
HK

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, Infernal Affairs is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Action, Thriller title from Media Asia Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.8M, reported production budget is $6.4M, gross-minus-budget is $2.4M, ROI is 1.38x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,178 all-time in the current chart set and #176 among 2002 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.