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#4,854 All-time worldwide
#132 2005 releases

Movie profile

The Protector

2005 · 105 min · Sahamongkolfilm

Action Crime Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $27.2M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget $21.2M
ROI 4.53x

Domestic gross

$13.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Protector 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 #4,854 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #132 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Primary genre #1,527 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.

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Quick answer

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

High confidence

The Protector (2005) earned a reported $27.2M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $21.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.53x. In this database it currently ranks #4,854 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #132 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$27,165,581
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
$21,165,581
ROI
4.53x
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 young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 11, 2005
Production
Sahamongkolfilm, Baa-Ram-Ewe, Golden Network Asia
Countries
TH, HK, FR, AU

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Studio / production companySahamongkolfilm FranchiseThe Protector Release year chart2005 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, The Protector is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Drama title from Sahamongkolfilm. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $27.2M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $21.2M, ROI is 4.53x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,854 all-time in the current chart set and #132 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.