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#2,041 All-time worldwide
#61 2006 releases

Movie profile

Nacho Libre

2006 · 92 min · Paramount Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $99.3M
Budget $35.0M
Gross minus budget $64.3M
ROI 2.84x

Domestic gross

$39.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$59.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$11.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Nacho Libre 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 #2,041 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2006 releases #61 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2006. Studio / company #114 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #744 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#2,038 The Lucky One 2012 · $99.4M #2,039 Hellboy 2004 · $99.3M #2,040 Shanghai Noon 2000 · $99.3M #2,042 Blue Jasmine 2013 · $99.1M #2,043 Instructions Not Included 2013 · $99.1M #2,044 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 2011 · $99.0M

Quick answer

How did Nacho Libre (2006) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Nacho Libre (2006) earned a reported $99.3M worldwide against a reported $35.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $64.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.84x. In this database it currently ranks #2,041 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #61 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$99,255,460
Budget
$35,000,000
Gross minus budget
$64,255,460
ROI
2.84x
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

Ignacio, a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery, can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by a local wrestling hero, he decides to moonlight as the not-so-famous Luchador "Nacho Libre" to earn money for the monastery -- not to mention the admiration of beautiful nun Sister Encarnación.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 16, 2006
Production
Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Black & White Productions
Countries
DE, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Release year chart2006 box office Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, Nacho Libre is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $99.3M, reported production budget is $35.0M, gross-minus-budget is $64.3M, ROI is 2.84x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,041 all-time in the current chart set and #61 among 2006 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.