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#3,945 All-time worldwide
#140 2016 releases

Movie profile

The Handmaiden

2016 · 145 min · Moho Film

Thriller Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $38.6M
Budget $8.6M
Gross minus budget $30.0M
ROI 4.50x

Domestic gross

$19.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$19.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Handmaiden 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 #3,945 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2016 releases #140 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2016. Studio / company #1 Moho Film of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Moho Film movie set. Primary genre #970 Thriller of 2,567 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.

#3,942 Basic Instinct 2 2006 · $38.6M #3,943 The Ghost and the Darkness 1996 · $38.6M #3,944 The Grudge 3 2009 · $38.6M #3,947 Urban Legends: Final Cut 2000 · $38.6M #3,948 Employee of the Month 2006 · $38.5M #3,949 Accepted 2006 · $38.5M

Quick answer

How did The Handmaiden (2016) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Handmaiden (2016) earned a reported $38.6M worldwide against a reported $8.6M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $30.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.50x. In this database it currently ranks #3,945 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #140 among 2016 releases.

Worldwide gross
$38,600,000
Budget
$8,575,000
Gross minus budget
$30,025,000
ROI
4.50x
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

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 1, 2016
Production
Moho Film, Yong Film, CJ Entertainment
Countries
KR

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Studio / production companyMoho Film Release year chart2016 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2016, The Handmaiden is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Drama, Romance title from Moho Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $38.6M, reported production budget is $8.6M, gross-minus-budget is $30.0M, ROI is 4.50x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,945 all-time in the current chart set and #140 among 2016 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.