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#4,666 All-time worldwide
#115 2003 releases

Movie profile

Luther

2003 · 123 min · Nfp Teleart Berlin

Drama History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $29.4M
Budget $30.0M
Gross minus budget -$600,000
ROI 0.98x

Domestic gross

$14.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$14.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Luther ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #4,666 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2003 releases #115 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2003. Primary genre #1,778 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 Luther (2003) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Luther (2003) earned a reported $29.4M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$600.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.98x. In this database it currently ranks #4,666 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #115 among 2003 releases.

Worldwide gross
$29,400,000
Budget
$30,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$600,000
ROI
0.98x
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

During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 29, 2003
Production
NFP Teleart Berlin, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Eikon Media
Countries
DE, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2003, Luther is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History title from NFP Teleart Berlin. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $29.4M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$600,000, ROI is 0.98x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,666 all-time in the current chart set and #115 among 2003 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.