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#5,342 All-time worldwide
#114 2000 releases

Movie profile

The Contender

2000 · 126 min · Cinerenta

Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22.4M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget $2.4M
ROI 1.12x

Domestic gross

$11.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Contender 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 #5,342 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2000 releases #114 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2000. Studio / company #1 Cinerenta of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Cinerenta movie set. Primary genre #2,121 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 Contender (2000) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Contender (2000) earned a reported $22.4M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.12x. In this database it currently ranks #5,342 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #114 among 2000 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,428,990
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
$2,428,990
ROI
1.12x
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

The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 13, 2000
Production
Cinerenta, Cinecontender Internationale, Battleplan Productions
Countries
DE, GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCinerenta Release year chart2000 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2000, The Contender is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from Cinerenta. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.4M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $2.4M, ROI is 1.12x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,342 all-time in the current chart set and #114 among 2000 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.