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#7,173 All-time worldwide
#180 2005 releases

Movie profile

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2005 · 121 min · Europa Corp

Adventure Crime Drama Mystery Western
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.0M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.0M
ROI 0.80x

Domestic gross

$6.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 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 #7,173 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #180 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Studio / company #23 Europa Corp of 28 titles Position inside the mapped Europa Corp movie set. Primary genre #1,530 Adventure of 2,138 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 Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) earned a reported $12.0M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.80x. In this database it currently ranks #7,173 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #180 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,036,149
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,963,851
ROI
0.80x
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 brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 17, 2005
Production
EuropaCorp, The Javelina Film Company
Countries
US, FR, MX

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Studio / production companyEuropa Corp Release year chart2005 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartMystery

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Crime, Drama title from EuropaCorp. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.0M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.0M, ROI is 0.80x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,173 all-time in the current chart set and #180 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.