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#3,040 All-time worldwide
#87 2004 releases

Movie profile

The Motorcycle Diaries

2004 · 126 min · Film4 Productions

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $57.7M
Budget —
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ROI —

Domestic gross

$28.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$28.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Motorcycle Diaries 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 #3,040 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2004 releases #87 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2004. Studio / company #3 Film4 Productions of 10 titles Position inside the mapped Film4 Productions movie set. Primary genre #1,037 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.

#3,037 Killer Elite 2011 · $57.8M #3,038 That's My Boy 2012 · $57.7M #3,039 Cellular 2004 · $57.7M #3,041 Air America 1990 · $57.7M #3,042 Ready or Not 2019 · $57.6M #3,043 The Whale 2022 · $57.6M

Quick answer

How did The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) perform at the box office?

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The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $57.7M. In this database it currently ranks #3,040 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #87 among 2004 releases.

Worldwide gross
$57,663,224
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 6, 2004
Production
Film4 Productions, South Fork Pictures, Tu Vas Voir
Countries
AR, FR, GB, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2004, The Motorcycle Diaries is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Film4 Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $57.7M. For comparison, it currently sits #3,040 all-time in the current chart set and #87 among 2004 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.