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#7,901 All-time worldwide
#135 1998 releases

Movie profile

Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law

1998 · 97 min · Rocabruno

Comedy Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.7M
Budget $1.8M
Gross minus budget $7.9M
ROI 5.41x

Domestic gross

$3.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law 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 #7,901 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #135 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Franchise #5 Torrente of 5 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #3,079 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#7,898 The Hidden 1987 · $9.7M #7,899 Amos & Andrew 1993 · $9.7M #7,900 Black Box 2021 · $9.7M #7,902 Bread and Tulips 2000 · $9.7M #7,903 The Odyssey 2016 · $9.7M #7,904 Honesty 2003 · $9.7M

Quick answer

How did Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law (1998) earned a reported $9.7M worldwide against a reported $1.8M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.41x. In this database it currently ranks #7,901 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #135 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,735,799
Budget
$1,800,000
Gross minus budget
$7,935,799
ROI
5.41x
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 former policeman enlists his nerdy friend to help bust drug traffickers moving heroin through a Chinese restaurant.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 13, 1998
Production
Rocabruno
Countries
ES

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyRocabruno FranchiseTorrente Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Crime title from Rocabruno. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.7M, reported production budget is $1.8M, gross-minus-budget is $7.9M, ROI is 5.41x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,901 all-time in the current chart set and #135 among 1998 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.