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#928 All-time worldwide

#20 2003 releases

Movie profile

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Name: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Released: 2003-11-14
Duration: 138 min

2003 · 138 min · 20th Century Fox

Adventure Drama War

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $211.6M

Budget $150.0M

Gross minus budget $61.6M

ROI 1.41x

Domestic gross

$105.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$105.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$19.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #928 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2003 releases #20 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2003. Studio / company #23 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #426 Adventure of 2,164 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.

#925 Battle: Los Angeles 2011 · $211.8M #925 Due Date 2010 · $211.8M #927 Australia 2008 · $211.8M #929 The Little Mermaid 1989 · $211.3M #930 Nice View 2022 · $211.0M #931 District 9 2009 · $210.9M

Quick answer

How did Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) earned a reported $211.6M worldwide against a reported $150.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $61.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.41x. In this database it currently ranks #928 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #20 among 2003 releases.

Worldwide gross: $211,623,421
Budget: $150,000,000
Gross minus budget: $61,623,421
ROI: 1.41x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Nov 14, 2003
Production: 20th Century Fox, Miramax, Universal Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart2003 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartDrama Genre chartWar

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2003, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Drama, War title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $211.6M, reported production budget is $150.0M, gross-minus-budget is $61.6M, ROI is 1.41x. For comparison, it currently sits #928 all-time in the current chart set and #20 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.