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#3,669 All-time worldwide
#125 2010 releases

Movie profile

The Man from Nowhere

2010 · 119 min · Opus Pictures

Action Thriller Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $43.1M
Budget $1.3M
Gross minus budget $41.8M
ROI 34.31x

Domestic gross

$17.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$25.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Man from Nowhere 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 #3,669 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2010 releases #125 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2010. Studio / company #2 Opus Pictures of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Opus Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,249 Action of 2,939 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.

#3,666 Boogie Nights 1997 · $43.1M #3,667 Freedom Writers 2007 · $43.1M #3,668 Annihilation 2018 · $43.1M #3,670 Notorious 2009 · $43.1M #3,671 When in Rome 2010 · $43.0M #3,672 Abigail 2024 · $43.0M

Quick answer

How did The Man from Nowhere (2010) perform at the box office?

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The Man from Nowhere (2010) earned a reported $43.1M worldwide against a reported $1.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $41.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 34.31x. In this database it currently ranks #3,669 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #125 among 2010 releases.

Worldwide gross
$43,059,790
Budget
$1,255,000
Gross minus budget
$41,804,790
ROI
34.31x
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

A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 4, 2010
Production
Opus Pictures, CJ Entertainment, United Pictures
Countries
KR

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyOpus Pictures Release year chart2010 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2010, The Man from Nowhere is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Thriller, Crime title from Opus Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $43.1M, reported production budget is $1.3M, gross-minus-budget is $41.8M, ROI is 34.31x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,669 all-time in the current chart set and #125 among 2010 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.