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#2,548 All-time worldwide
#63 2002 releases

Movie profile

The Count of Monte Cristo

2002 · 131 min · Touchstone Pictures

Adventure Drama History Action Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $75.4M
Budget $35.0M
Gross minus budget $40.4M
ROI 2.15x

Domestic gross

$37.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$37.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Count of Monte Cristo 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 #2,548 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #63 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #38 Touchstone Pictures of 113 titles Position inside the mapped Touchstone Pictures movie set. Primary genre #774 Adventure of 2,138 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.

#2,545 The Last of the Mohicans 1992 · $75.5M #2,546 The Change-Up 2011 · $75.5M #2,547 Searching 2018 · $75.5M #2,549 Thermae Romae 2012 · $75.4M #2,550 The Count of Monte Cristo 2024 · $75.4M #2,551 Where Am I Going? 2016 · $75.2M

Quick answer

How did The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) earned a reported $75.4M worldwide against a reported $35.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $40.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.15x. In this database it currently ranks #2,548 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #63 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$75,395,048
Budget
$35,000,000
Gross minus budget
$40,395,048
ROI
2.15x
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

Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 23, 2002
Production
Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, World 2000 Entertainment
Countries
IE, US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, The Count of Monte Cristo is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Drama, History title from Touchstone Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $75.4M, reported production budget is $35.0M, gross-minus-budget is $40.4M, ROI is 2.15x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,548 all-time in the current chart set and #63 among 2002 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.