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#9,229 All-time worldwide
#239 2005 releases

Movie profile

The Ax

2005 · 118 min · Kg Productions

Comedy Crime Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.9M
Budget $5.4M
Gross minus budget -$500,000
ROI 0.91x

Domestic gross

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$441,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Ax 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 #9,229 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #239 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Studio / company #1 Kg Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Kg Productions movie set. Primary genre #3,590 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.

#9,225 The Magnificent Seven 1960 · $4.9M #9,227 A Dog's Will 2000 · $4.9M #9,228 A Great Awakening 2026 · $4.9M #9,238 The Seduction 1982 · $4.9M #9,239 Invaders from Mars 1986 · $4.9M #9,240 Absolutely Fabulous 2001 · $4.9M

Quick answer

How did The Ax (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Ax (2005) earned a reported $4.9M worldwide against a reported $5.4M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$500.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.91x. In this database it currently ranks #9,229 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #239 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,900,000
Budget
$5,400,000
Gross minus budget
-$500,000
ROI
0.91x
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

Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person left.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 2, 2005
Production
KG Productions, StudioCanal, France 2 Cinéma
Countries
FR, BE, ES

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyKg Productions Release year chart2005 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, The Ax is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Crime, Drama title from KG Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.9M, reported production budget is $5.4M, gross-minus-budget is -$500,000, ROI is 0.91x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,229 all-time in the current chart set and #239 among 2005 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.