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#2,252 All-time worldwide
#64 2006 releases

Movie profile

The Illusionist

2006 · 110 min · Contagious Entertainment

Fantasy Drama Thriller Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $87.9M
Budget $16.5M
Gross minus budget $71.4M
ROI 5.33x

Domestic gross

$43.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$43.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Illusionist 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 #2,252 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2006 releases #64 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2006. Primary genre #377 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.

#2,249 Veteran 2015 · $88.0M #2,250 Chasing the Dragon 2017 · $88.0M #2,251 Deliver Us from Evil 2014 · $87.9M #2,253 One More Shot 2024 · $87.9M #2,254 Spawn 1997 · $87.8M #2,255 Ali 2001 · $87.8M

Quick answer

How did The Illusionist (2006) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Illusionist (2006) earned a reported $87.9M worldwide against a reported $16.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $71.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.33x. In this database it currently ranks #2,252 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #64 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$87,892,388
Budget
$16,500,000
Gross minus budget
$71,392,388
ROI
5.33x
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

With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 18, 2006
Production
Contagious Entertainment, Michael London Productions, Koppelman-Levien
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyContagious Entertainment Release year chart2006 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, The Illusionist is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Drama, Thriller title from Contagious Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $87.9M, reported production budget is $16.5M, gross-minus-budget is $71.4M, ROI is 5.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,252 all-time in the current chart set and #64 among 2006 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.