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#9,290 All-time worldwide
#231 2004 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.7M
Budget $4.0M
Gross minus budget $700,000
ROI 1.18x

Domestic gross

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$423,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Woodsman ranks

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Quick answer

How did The Woodsman (2004) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Woodsman (2004) earned a reported $4.7M worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $700.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.18x. In this database it currently ranks #9,290 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #231 among 2004 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,700,000
Budget
$4,000,000
Gross minus budget
$700,000
ROI
1.18x
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

After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole officer. He gets a job at a lumber mill and starts seeing a coworker. Then his new world begins to unravel; as his past becomes known, he strikes up a high-risk friendship with a young girl and realizes that a man loitering near a schoolyard is a child molester prowling for his next victim.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 24, 2004
Production
Lee Daniels Entertainment, Dash Films
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2004, The Woodsman is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Crime title from Lee Daniels Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.7M, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is $700,000, ROI is 1.18x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,290 all-time in the current chart set and #231 among 2004 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.