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#3,977 All-time worldwide
#111 2005 releases

Movie profile

The Producers

2005 · 134 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $38.1M
Budget $45.0M
Gross minus budget -$6.9M
ROI 0.85x

Domestic gross

$15.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$22.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Producers 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 #3,977 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #111 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Studio / company #190 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,511 Comedy of 4,840 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.

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Quick answer

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

High confidence

The Producers (2005) earned a reported $38.1M worldwide against a reported $45.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$6.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.85x. In this database it currently ranks #3,977 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #111 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$38,058,335
Budget
$45,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$6,941,665
ROI
0.85x
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 conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 25, 2005
Production
Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Brooksfilms
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, The Producers is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $38.1M, reported production budget is $45.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$6.9M, ROI is 0.85x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,977 all-time in the current chart set and #111 among 2005 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.