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#8,819 All-time worldwide
#187 2001 releases

Movie profile

The Devil's Backbone

2001 · 108 min · Tequila Gang

Fantasy Drama Horror Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.6M
Budget $4.5M
Gross minus budget $2.1M
ROI 1.46x

Domestic gross

$3.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Devil's Backbone 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 #8,819 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #187 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Primary genre #1,035 Fantasy of 1,285 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.

#8,816 The Dark 2005 · $6.6M #8,817 I Capture the Castle 2003 · $6.6M #8,818 Ned Kelly 2003 · $6.6M #8,820 Once Upon a Forest 1993 · $6.6M #8,821 Unexpected Family 2026 · $6.6M #8,822 Cracked Eggs and Noodles 2005 · $6.6M

Quick answer

How did The Devil's Backbone (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Devil's Backbone (2001) earned a reported $6.6M worldwide against a reported $4.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.46x. In this database it currently ranks #8,819 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #187 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,582,065
Budget
$4,500,000
Gross minus budget
$2,082,065
ROI
1.46x
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

Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 20, 2001
Production
Tequila Gang, Anhelo Productions, El Deseo
Countries
ES, MX

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyTequila Gang Release year chart2001 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartDrama Genre chartHorror Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, The Devil's Backbone is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Drama, Horror title from Tequila Gang. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.6M, reported production budget is $4.5M, gross-minus-budget is $2.1M, ROI is 1.46x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,819 all-time in the current chart set and #187 among 2001 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.