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#4,809 All-time worldwide
#116 2002 releases

Movie profile

The Quiet American

2002 · 101 min · Mirage Enterprises

Romance Thriller Drama War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $27.7M
Budget $30.0M
Gross minus budget -$2.3M
ROI 0.92x

Domestic gross

$13.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Quiet American 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 #4,809 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #116 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #9 Mirage Enterprises of 10 titles Position inside the mapped Mirage Enterprises movie set. Primary genre #827 Romance of 2,607 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.

#4,806 Nebraska 2013 · $27.7M #4,807 Recep Ivedik 2 2009 · $27.7M #4,808 Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 2004 · $27.7M #4,810 The Last Warrior: Root of Evil 2020 · $27.7M #4,811 Ice Princess 2005 · $27.6M #4,812 The Last Castle 2001 · $27.6M

Quick answer

How did The Quiet American (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Quiet American (2002) earned a reported $27.7M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.92x. In this database it currently ranks #4,809 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #116 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$27,674,124
Budget
$30,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,325,876
ROI
0.92x
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

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 22, 2002
Production
Mirage Enterprises, IMF Internationale Medien und Film 2 & Produktions, Giai Phong Film Studio
Countries
FR, DE, GB, US, VN

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, The Quiet American is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Thriller, Drama title from Mirage Enterprises. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $27.7M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.3M, ROI is 0.92x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,809 all-time in the current chart set and #116 among 2002 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.