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#4,512 All-time worldwide
#123 2005 releases

Movie profile

The Promise

2005 · 121 min · 21 Century Shengkai Film

Fantasy Drama Action Thriller Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $31.0M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$15.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$15.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Promise 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 #4,512 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #123 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Primary genre #615 Fantasy of 1,285 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 Promise (2005) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

The Promise (2005) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $31.0M. In this database it currently ranks #4,512 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #123 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$30,995,924
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

An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In return for beauty and the admiration of every man, she will never be with the man she loves. This spell cannot be broken unless the impossible happens: snow falling in spring and the dead coming back to life. Now a grown and beautiful princess, she regrets her promise, for all of the men she's loved has always been met with tragedy.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 15, 2005
Production
21 Century Shengkai Film, Capgen Investment Group, Moonstone Entertainment
Countries
CN, HK, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production company21 Century Shengkai Film Release year chart2005 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartDrama Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, The Promise is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Drama, Action title from 21 Century Shengkai Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $31.0M. For comparison, it currently sits #4,512 all-time in the current chart set and #123 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.