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#4,755 All-time worldwide
#147 2012 releases

Movie profile

The Master

2012 · 137 min · Annapurna Pictures

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $28.3M
Budget $32.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.7M
ROI 0.88x

Domestic gross

$14.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$14.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Master ranks

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Quick answer

How did The Master (2012) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Master (2012) earned a reported $28.3M worldwide against a reported $32.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.88x. In this database it currently ranks #4,755 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #147 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross
$28,258,060
Budget
$32,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$3,741,940
ROI
0.88x
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

Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 14, 2012
Production
Annapurna Pictures, Ghoulardi Film Company, JoAnne Sellar Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, The Master is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Annapurna Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $28.3M, reported production budget is $32.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.7M, ROI is 0.88x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,755 all-time in the current chart set and #147 among 2012 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.