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#7,730 All-time worldwide
#217 2008 releases

Movie profile

Punisher: War Zone

2008 · 102 min · Lionsgate

Action Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.1M
Budget $20.5M
Gross minus budget -$10.4M
ROI 0.49x

Domestic gross

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Punisher: War Zone 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 #7,730 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #217 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Studio / company #55 Lionsgate of 62 titles Position inside the mapped Lionsgate movie set. Franchise #2 The Punisher of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #2,163 Action of 2,939 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.

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Quick answer

How did Punisher: War Zone (2008) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Punisher: War Zone (2008) earned a reported $10.1M worldwide against a reported $20.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$10.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.49x. In this database it currently ranks #7,730 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #217 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,089,373
Budget
$20,500,000
Gross minus budget
-$10,410,627
ROI
0.49x
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

Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the "Punisher Task Force" hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 5, 2008
Production
Lionsgate, MHF Zweite Academy Film, Marvel Knights
Countries
CA, DE, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, Punisher: War Zone is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime title from Lionsgate. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.1M, reported production budget is $20.5M, gross-minus-budget is -$10.4M, ROI is 0.49x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,730 all-time in the current chart set and #217 among 2008 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.