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#4,770 All-time worldwide
#106 2001 releases

Movie profile

The Tailor of Panama

2001 · 109 min · Merlin Films

Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $28.0M
Budget $21.0M
Gross minus budget $7.0M
ROI 1.33x

Domestic gross

$14.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$14.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Tailor of Panama 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 #4,770 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #106 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #1 Merlin Films of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Merlin Films movie set. Primary genre #1,828 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.

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Quick answer

How did The Tailor of Panama (2001) perform at the box office?

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The Tailor of Panama (2001) earned a reported $28.0M worldwide against a reported $21.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.33x. In this database it currently ranks #4,770 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #106 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$28,000,000
Budget
$21,000,000
Gross minus budget
$7,000,000
ROI
1.33x
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 British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 11, 2001
Production
Merlin Films, Columbia Pictures
Countries
IE, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, The Tailor of Panama is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from Merlin Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $28.0M, reported production budget is $21.0M, gross-minus-budget is $7.0M, ROI is 1.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,770 all-time in the current chart set and #106 among 2001 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.