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#4,754 All-time worldwide
#124 2004 releases

Movie profile

Thunderbirds

2004 · 95 min · Working Title Films

Action Adventure Comedy Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $28.3M
Budget $57.0M
Gross minus budget -$28.7M
ROI 0.50x

Domestic gross

$12.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$16.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Thunderbirds 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 #4,754 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2004 releases #124 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2004. Studio / company #20 Working Title Films of 35 titles Position inside the mapped Working Title Films movie set. Primary genre #1,504 Action of 2,939 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 Thunderbirds (2004) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Thunderbirds (2004) earned a reported $28.3M worldwide against a reported $57.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$28.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.50x. In this database it currently ranks #4,754 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #124 among 2004 releases.

Worldwide gross
$28,283,637
Budget
$57,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$28,716,363
ROI
0.50x
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

Dangerous missions are the bread and butter of the Thunderbirds, a high-tech secret force employed by the government. Led by Jeff Tracy (Bill Paxton), the Thunderbirds are at the top of their game, but their nemesis, The Hood (Ben Kingsley), has landed on their island and is attempting a coup by using the team's rescue vehicles. He'll soon discover that the Thunderbirds won't go down.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 23, 2004
Production
Working Title Films, Tracy Films, StudioCanal
Countries
FR, GB, US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2004, Thunderbirds is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Comedy title from Working Title Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $28.3M, reported production budget is $57.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$28.7M, ROI is 0.50x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,754 all-time in the current chart set and #124 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.