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#6,107 All-time worldwide
#161 2005 releases

Movie profile

The Matador

2005 · 97 min · Stratus Film Co.

Action Comedy Crime Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.3M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $7.3M
ROI 1.73x

Domestic gross

$8.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Matador 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 #6,107 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #161 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Primary genre #1,804 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.

#6,104 Mirage 2018 · $17.3M #6,105 The Phantom 1996 · $17.3M #6,106 To Live and Die in L.A. 1985 · $17.3M #6,109 The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie 2022 · $17.3M #6,110 A Bronx Tale 1993 · $17.3M #6,111 While We're Young 2015 · $17.3M

Quick answer

How did The Matador (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Matador (2005) earned a reported $17.3M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.73x. In this database it currently ranks #6,107 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #161 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,300,000
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$7,300,000
ROI
1.73x
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

The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets acclimated to it.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 12, 2005
Production
Stratus Film Co., DEJ Productions, Furst Films
Countries
DE, MX, US

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Studio / production companyStratus Film Co. Release year chart2005 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, The Matador is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy, Crime title from Stratus Film Co. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.3M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $7.3M, ROI is 1.73x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,107 all-time in the current chart set and #161 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.