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#8,220 All-time worldwide
#182 2003 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.7M
Budget $500,000
Gross minus budget $8.2M
ROI 17.40x

Domestic gross

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$783,120

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Station Agent ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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Quick answer

How did The Station Agent (2003) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Station Agent (2003) earned a reported $8.7M worldwide against a reported $500.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $8.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 17.40x. In this database it currently ranks #8,220 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #182 among 2003 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,701,337
Budget
$500,000
Gross minus budget
$8,201,337
ROI
17.40x
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

When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 5, 2003
Production
Next Wednesday Productions, SenArt Films
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2003, The Station Agent is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy title from Next Wednesday Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.7M, reported production budget is $500,000, gross-minus-budget is $8.2M, ROI is 17.40x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,220 all-time in the current chart set and #182 among 2003 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.