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#2,375 All-time worldwide
#68 2005 releases

Movie profile

The Constant Gardener

2005 · 129 min · Scion Films

Drama Mystery Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $82.5M
Budget $25.0M
Gross minus budget $57.5M
ROI 3.30x

Domestic gross

$41.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$41.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Constant Gardener 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 #2,375 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #68 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Studio / company #1 Scion Films of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Scion Films movie set. Primary genre #769 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 The Constant Gardener (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Constant Gardener (2005) earned a reported $82.5M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $57.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.30x. In this database it currently ranks #2,375 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #68 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$82,468,097
Budget
$25,000,000
Gross minus budget
$57,468,097
ROI
3.30x
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

Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 31, 2005
Production
Scion Films, Studio Babelsberg, Epsilon Motion Pictures
Countries
DE, GB, CH, KE

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyScion Films Release year chart2005 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartMystery Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, The Constant Gardener is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Mystery, Thriller title from Scion Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $82.5M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is $57.5M, ROI is 3.30x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,375 all-time in the current chart set and #68 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.