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#6,077 All-time worldwide
#141 2003 releases

Movie profile

Oldboy

2003 · 120 min · Show East

Drama Thriller Mystery Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.5M
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget $14.5M
ROI 5.83x

Domestic gross

$8.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Oldboy 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 #6,077 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2003 releases #141 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2003. Primary genre #2,465 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.

#6,074 Lassiter 1984 · $17.5M #6,075 Sarah's Key 2010 · $17.5M #6,076 Operation Finale 2018 · $17.5M #6,078 Annapolis 2006 · $17.5M #6,079 Rebound 2005 · $17.5M #6,080 Paris Je T'aime 2006 · $17.5M

Quick answer

How did Oldboy (2003) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Oldboy (2003) earned a reported $17.5M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $14.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.83x. In this database it currently ranks #6,077 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #141 among 2003 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,500,000
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
$14,500,000
ROI
5.83x
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

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 21, 2003
Production
Show East, Egg Film, Cineclick Asia
Countries
KR

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyShow East Release year chart2003 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller Genre chartMystery Genre chartAction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2003, Oldboy is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller, Mystery title from Show East. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.5M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is $14.5M, ROI is 5.83x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,077 all-time in the current chart set and #141 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.