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#5,509 All-time worldwide
#130 2002 releases

Movie profile

The Magdalene Sisters

2002 · 119 min · Scottish Screen

Drama History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $21.1M
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget $16.1M
ROI 4.22x

Domestic gross

$10.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Magdalene Sisters 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 #5,509 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #130 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Primary genre #2,193 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 Magdalene Sisters (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Magdalene Sisters (2002) earned a reported $21.1M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $16.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.22x. In this database it currently ranks #5,509 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #130 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$21,107,578
Budget
$5,000,000
Gross minus budget
$16,107,578
ROI
4.22x
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

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 30, 2002
Production
Scottish Screen, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Momentum Pictures
Countries
IE, GB

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, The Magdalene Sisters is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History title from Scottish Screen. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $21.1M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $16.1M, ROI is 4.22x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,509 all-time in the current chart set and #130 among 2002 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.