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#2,835 All-time worldwide
#106 2014 releases

Movie profile

The Pirates

2014 · 130 min · Lotte Entertainment

Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $64.4M
Budget $13.0M
Gross minus budget $51.4M
ROI 4.95x

Domestic gross

$25.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$38.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Pirates 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 #2,835 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2014 releases #106 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2014. Studio / company #3 Lotte Entertainment of 14 titles Position inside the mapped Lotte Entertainment movie set. Franchise #1 The Pirates of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,031 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.

#2,832 Monk Comes Down the Mountain 2015 · $64.5M #2,833 Kiss of the Dragon 2001 · $64.4M #2,834 Taxi 2 2000 · $64.4M #2,839 Unfriended 2014 · $64.4M #2,840 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 2009 · $64.4M #2,841 Sudden Death 1995 · $64.4M

Quick answer

How did The Pirates (2014) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Pirates (2014) earned a reported $64.4M worldwide against a reported $13.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $51.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.95x. In this database it currently ranks #2,835 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #106 among 2014 releases.

Worldwide gross
$64,400,000
Budget
$13,000,000
Gross minus budget
$51,400,000
ROI
4.95x
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

At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal. When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 6, 2014
Production
Lotte Entertainment, Harimao Pictures, Cinedigm
Countries
KR

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2014, The Pirates is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Comedy title from Lotte Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $64.4M, reported production budget is $13.0M, gross-minus-budget is $51.4M, ROI is 4.95x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,835 all-time in the current chart set and #106 among 2014 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.