Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$17.4M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$17.4M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$3.1M
Estimated from worldwide grossRanking context
Where The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou ranks
Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.Nearby worldwide ranks
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How did The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) perform at the box office?
High confidenceThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) earned a reported $34.8M worldwide against a reported $50.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$15.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.70x. In this database it currently ranks #4,196 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #111 among 2004 releases.
- Worldwide gross
- $34,808,403
- Budget
- $50,000,000
- Gross minus budget
- -$15,191,597
- ROI
- 0.70x
Synopsis
Story
Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.
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Why this movie matters
Released in 2004, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Comedy, Drama title from American Empirical Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $34.8M, reported production budget is $50.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$15.2M, ROI is 0.70x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,196 all-time in the current chart set and #111 among 2004 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.
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