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#3,405 All-time worldwide
#107 2006 releases

Movie profile

The Last King of Scotland

2006 · 123 min · Fox Searchlight Pictures

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $48.6M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget $42.6M
ROI 8.10x

Domestic gross

$24.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$24.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Last King of Scotland 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 #3,405 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2006 releases #107 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2006. Studio / company #10 Fox Searchlight Pictures of 45 titles Position inside the mapped Fox Searchlight Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,215 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.

#3,402 Rabbit Without Ears 2 2009 · $48.7M #3,403 Flight Risk 2025 · $48.7M #3,404 How Do You Know 2010 · $48.7M #3,408 Tremors 1990 · $48.6M #3,409 Little White Lies 2010 · $48.5M #3,410 Midsommar 2019 · $48.5M

Quick answer

How did The Last King of Scotland (2006) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Last King of Scotland (2006) earned a reported $48.6M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $42.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 8.10x. In this database it currently ranks #3,405 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #107 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$48,600,000
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
$42,600,000
ROI
8.10x
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 Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 27, 2006
Production
Fox Searchlight Pictures, Cowboy Films, DNA Films
Countries
US, GB

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Studio / production companyFox Searchlight Pictures Release year chart2006 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, The Last King of Scotland is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Fox Searchlight Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $48.6M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $42.6M, ROI is 8.10x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,405 all-time in the current chart set and #107 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.