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#3,147 All-time worldwide
#91 2004 releases

Movie profile

Open Water

2004 · 80 min · Plunge Pictures LLC

Horror Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $54.7M
Budget $120,000
Gross minus budget $54.6M
ROI 455.70x

Domestic gross

$26.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$28.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$11.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Open Water 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 #3,147 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2004 releases #91 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2004. Franchise #1 Open Water of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #294 Horror of 1,240 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.

#3,144 The Punisher 2004 · $54.7M #3,145 The Tree of Life 2011 · $54.7M #3,145 Knock at the Cabin 2023 · $54.7M #3,148 Small Soldiers 1998 · $54.7M #3,149 The Hot Chick 2002 · $54.6M #3,150 Les Misérables 2019 · $54.6M

Quick answer

How did Open Water (2004) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Open Water (2004) earned a reported $54.7M worldwide against a reported $120.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $54.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 455.70x. In this database it currently ranks #3,147 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #91 among 2004 releases.

Worldwide gross
$54,683,487
Budget
$120,000
Gross minus budget
$54,563,487
ROI
455.70x
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

Two divers are left out at sea without a boat. There’s nothing but water for miles, unless they look at what’s underneath them...

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 6, 2004
Production
Plunge Pictures LLC, Lions Gate Films, EastGate Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2004, Open Water is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Thriller title from Plunge Pictures LLC. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $54.7M, reported production budget is $120,000, gross-minus-budget is $54.6M, ROI is 455.70x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,147 all-time in the current chart set and #91 among 2004 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.