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#9,388 All-time worldwide
#243 2005 releases

Movie profile

The Lost City

2005 · 144 min · Lions Gate Films

Drama Romance History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.4M
Budget $9.6M
Gross minus budget -$5.2M
ROI 0.46x

Domestic gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$394,761

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Lost City 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 #9,388 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #243 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Studio / company #12 Lions Gate Films of 15 titles Position inside the mapped Lions Gate Films movie set. Primary genre #4,040 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 Lost City (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Lost City (2005) earned a reported $4.4M worldwide against a reported $9.6M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$5.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.46x. In this database it currently ranks #9,388 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #243 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,386,236
Budget
$9,600,000
Gross minus budget
-$5,213,764
ROI
0.46x
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 Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro. Castro's regime ultimately leads the nightclub owner to flee to New York.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 3, 2005
Production
Lions Gate Films
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, The Lost City is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance, History title from Lions Gate Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.4M, reported production budget is $9.6M, gross-minus-budget is -$5.2M, ROI is 0.46x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,388 all-time in the current chart set and #243 among 2005 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.