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#6,510 All-time worldwide
#189 2008 releases

Movie profile

Mesrine: Killer Instinct

2008 · 113 min · Remstar Productions

Drama Action Thriller Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $15.0M
Budget $25.0M
Gross minus budget -$10.0M
ROI 0.60x

Domestic gross

$7.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mesrine: Killer Instinct 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 #6,510 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #189 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Studio / company #1 Remstar Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Remstar Productions movie set. Franchise #1 The Mesrine of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #2,671 Drama of 5,859 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

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Quick answer

How did Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008) earned a reported $15.0M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$10.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.60x. In this database it currently ranks #6,510 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #189 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$15,000,000
Budget
$25,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$10,000,000
ROI
0.60x
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

Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 22, 2008
Production
Remstar Productions, Novo RPI, La Petite Reine
Countries
CA, FR, IT

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Studio / production companyRemstar Productions FranchiseThe Mesrine Release year chart2008 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller Genre chartCrime

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, Mesrine: Killer Instinct is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Action, Thriller title from Remstar Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $15.0M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$10.0M, ROI is 0.60x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,510 all-time in the current chart set and #189 among 2008 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.