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#2,133 All-time worldwide
#57 2005 releases

Movie profile

The Skeleton Key

2005 · 104 min · Universal Pictures

Drama Horror Mystery Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $94.0M
Budget $43.0M
Gross minus budget $51.0M
ROI 2.19x

Domestic gross

$45.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$48.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$19.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Skeleton Key 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 #2,133 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #57 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Studio / company #118 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #666 Drama of 5,859 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.

#2,130 Ben-Hur 2016 · $94.1M #2,131 Send Help 2026 · $94.0M #2,132 Blockers 2018 · $94.0M #2,134 Syriana 2005 · $94.0M #2,135 Speed Racer 2008 · $93.9M #2,135 In the Heart of the Sea 2015 · $93.9M

Quick answer

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

High confidence

The Skeleton Key (2005) earned a reported $94.0M worldwide against a reported $43.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $51.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.19x. In this database it currently ranks #2,133 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #57 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$93,983,911
Budget
$43,000,000
Gross minus budget
$50,983,911
ROI
2.19x
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 hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 29, 2005
Production
Universal Pictures, MFPV Film, Double Feature Films
Countries
DE, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, The Skeleton Key is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Horror, Mystery title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $94.0M, reported production budget is $43.0M, gross-minus-budget is $51.0M, ROI is 2.19x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,133 all-time in the current chart set and #57 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.