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#2,076 All-time worldwide
#55 2005 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $97.1M
Budget $72.0M
Gross minus budget $25.1M
ROI 1.35x

Domestic gross

$48.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$48.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$8.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Jarhead ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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Quick answer

How did Jarhead (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Jarhead (2005) earned a reported $97.1M worldwide against a reported $72.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $25.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.35x. In this database it currently ranks #2,076 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #55 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$97,076,152
Budget
$72,000,000
Gross minus budget
$25,076,152
ROI
1.35x
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

Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 4, 2005
Production
Red Wagon Entertainment, Neal Street Productions
Countries
GB, US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, Jarhead is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, War title from Red Wagon Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $97.1M, reported production budget is $72.0M, gross-minus-budget is $25.1M, ROI is 1.35x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,076 all-time in the current chart set and #55 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.