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#6,375 All-time worldwide
#193 2011 releases

Movie profile

The Front Line

2011 · 133 min · Tps Company

Drama Action War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $15.8M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $5.8M
ROI 1.58x

Domestic gross

$7.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Front Line 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 #6,375 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2011 releases #193 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2011. Primary genre #2,612 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 Front Line (2011) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Front Line (2011) earned a reported $15.8M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.58x. In this database it currently ranks #6,375 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #193 among 2011 releases.

Worldwide gross
$15,786,086
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$5,786,086
ROI
1.58x
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

In 1951 ceasefire is declared, but two remaining armies fought their final battle on the front line Towards the end of the Korean War, a South Korean battalion is fiercely battling over a hill on the front line border against the North in order to capture a strategic point that would determine the new border between two nations. The ownership of this small patch of land would swap multiple times each day. Kang is dispatched to the front line in order to investigate the tacit case that’s been happening there.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 20, 2011
Production
TPS Company, A-Po Films, Showbox
Countries
KR

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2011, The Front Line is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Action, War title from TPS Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $15.8M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $5.8M, ROI is 1.58x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,375 all-time in the current chart set and #193 among 2011 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.