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#7,645 All-time worldwide
#231 2016 releases

Movie profile

Queen of Katwe

2016 · 124 min · Cine Mosaic

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.4M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$4.6M
ROI 0.69x

Domestic gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$933,045

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Queen of Katwe 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 #7,645 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2016 releases #231 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2016. Primary genre #3,190 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.

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Quick answer

How did Queen of Katwe (2016) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Queen of Katwe (2016) earned a reported $10.4M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$4.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.69x. In this database it currently ranks #7,645 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #231 among 2016 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,367,161
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$4,632,839
ROI
0.69x
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

A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 23, 2016
Production
Cine Mosaic, Mirabai Films
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2016, Queen of Katwe is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Cine Mosaic. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.4M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$4.6M, ROI is 0.69x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,645 all-time in the current chart set and #231 among 2016 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.