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#5,318 All-time worldwide
#143 2005 releases

Movie profile

The White Masai

2005 · 131 min · Bayerischer Banken Fonds

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22.6M
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget $15.6M
ROI 3.23x

Domestic gross

$11.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The White Masai 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 #5,318 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #143 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Studio / company #1 Bayerischer Banken Fonds of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Bayerischer Banken Fonds movie set. Primary genre #2,109 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.

#5,315 Live by Night 2016 · $22.7M #5,316 Prelude to a Kiss 1992 · $22.7M #5,317 Cassandra's Dream 2007 · $22.7M #5,319 The Borrowers 1997 · $22.6M #5,320 Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky 2004 · $22.6M #5,321 Bulletproof 1996 · $22.6M

Quick answer

How did The White Masai (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The White Masai (2005) earned a reported $22.6M worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $15.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.23x. In this database it currently ranks #5,318 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #143 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,632,255
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
$15,632,255
ROI
3.23x
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 girl, Carola, whose vacation in Kenya takes an interesting turn when she becomes infatuated with a Masai. Carola decides to leave her boyfriend to stay with her lover. There, she has to adapt to the Masai's way of life and get used to their food which includes milk mixed with blood. She also has to face her husband's attitude towards women and what he expects from a wife. Nonetheless, Carola is welcomed warmly into the tribe she has chosen to join.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 14, 2005
Production
Bayerischer Banken-Fonds, Constantin Film
Countries
DE

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Studio / production companyBayerischer Banken Fonds Release year chart2005 box office Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, The White Masai is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Bayerischer Banken-Fonds. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.6M, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is $15.6M, ROI is 3.23x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,318 all-time in the current chart set and #143 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.