Ong-Bak (2005)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $4,563,167Details
International Box Office $19,488,685Details
Worldwide Box Office $24,051,852
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$1,334,869 (29.3% of total gross)
Legs:3.42 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:19.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$1,100,000 (worldwide box office is 21.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:387 opening theaters/387 max. theaters, 3.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $7,674,088

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 11th, 2005 (Limited) by Magnolia Pictures
International Releases: March 11th, 2005 (Wide), released as Ong Bak (Australia)
Video Release: August 30th, 2005 by Fox Home Entertainment, released as Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
MPAA Rating: R for sequences of strong violence, language, some drug use and sexuality
Franchise: Ong-Bak
Comparisons: vs. Bad Genius
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Keywords: Martial Arts, Intertitle, White Collar Crime, Narcotics, Gangs, Country Mouse, City Mouse, Organized Crime, Underground / Illegal Fighting, Gambling, Voiceover/Narration, Extreme Weather, Confidence Men, Slow Motion Scene, Action Thriller
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: Thailand
Languages: Thai

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 11, 2005 17 $1,334,869   387 $3,449   $1,334,869 1
Feb 18, 2005 20 $719,706 -46% 361 $1,994   $2,681,150 2
Feb 25, 2005 25 $363,004 -50% 180 $2,017   $3,401,046 3
Mar 4, 2005 24 $296,712 -18% 191 $1,553   $3,875,926 4
Mar 11, 2005 33 $145,124 -51% 132 $1,099   $4,159,536 5
Mar 18, 2005 40 $96,047 -34% 91 $1,055   $4,332,457 6
Mar 25, 2005 56 $48,788 -49% 51 $957   $4,434,169 7
Apr 1, 2005 63 $19,474 -60% 38 $512   $4,476,630 8
Apr 8, 2005 58 $24,992 +28% 28 $893   $4,512,498 9
Apr 15, 2005 69 $19,887 -20% 31 $642   $4,543,512 10
Apr 22, 2005 89 $7,422 -63% 21 $353   $4,560,061 11

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Feb 21, 2005 19 $133,011     361 $368   $2,814,161 11

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 11, 2005 17 $1,961,444   387 $5,068   $1,961,444 1
Feb 18, 2005 19 $1,076,598 -45% 361 $2,982   $3,038,042 2
Feb 25, 2005 25 $541,172 -50% 180 $3,007   $3,579,214 3
Mar 4, 2005 24 $435,198 -20% 191 $2,279   $4,014,412 4
Mar 11, 2005 33 $221,998 -49% 132 $1,682   $4,236,410 5
Mar 18, 2005 41 $148,971 -33% 91 $1,637   $4,385,381 6
Mar 25, 2005 57 $71,775 -52% 51 $1,407   $4,457,156 7
Apr 1, 2005 58 $30,350 -58% 38 $799   $4,487,506 8
Apr 8, 2005 61 $36,119 +19% 28 $1,290   $4,523,625 9
Apr 15, 2005 68 $29,014 -20% 31 $936   $4,552,639 10
Apr 22, 2005 89 $10,528 -64% 21 $501   $4,563,167 11

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 3/11/2005 $0 0 32 147 $348,101 9/25/2020
 
Rest of World $19,140,584
 
International Total$19,488,685 9/25/2020

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Tony Jaa    Boonting

Supporting Cast

Petchtai Wongkamlao    Humlae / George
Pumwaree Yodkamol    Muay Lek

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Prachya Pinkaew    Director
Suphachai Sittiaumponpan    Screenwriter

Contest: Ring In the New Year

January 9th, 2015

There are four wide releases / wide expansions next weekend with American Sniper and The Wedding Ringer leading the way. I'm not sure which film will come out on top; however, since American Sniper is expanding wide, The Wedding Ringer is the much better choice for the target film for this week's box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for The Wedding Ringer.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of the Ong Bak Trilogy on DVD. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a copy of the Ong Bak Trilogy on DVD. Finally, one additional entrant will be chosen and they will also win a copy of the Ong Bak Trilogy on DVD. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for July 29th, 2014

July 28th, 2014

I is not a bad week on the home market, as we do have a $100 million hit coming out on DVD and Blu-ray. Unfortunately, this $100 million hit is Noah, which is a good movie, but not a Pick of the Week contender. Worse still, it is a very shallow week and on the first page of Amazon.com's new releases list, there are releases that on a normal week would be filler. There are a trio of Pick of the Week contenders: Finding Vivian Maier - Buy from Amazon; It Felt Like Love - Buy from Amazon; and Marty - Blu-ray Buy from Amazon. All three are worth picking up, but in the end I went with Marty as Pick of the Week. More...

Featured Blu-ray Review: Ong-Bak Trilogy

July 27th, 2014

The first Ong-Bak film looked like it would propel Tony Jaa to super stardom. That hasn't worked out just yet, but there were two other films made in the franchise, which is being released this week. It is just the previous Blu-rays being released in a box set, but I only reviewed one of these films previously, so I jumped at the chance to see the other two. Are they worth picking up if you don't have them already? More...

In-Law has Monster Opening

September 10th, 2005

For the first time in a long time it was a good week on the rental charts with two films cracking $10 million in combined rentals. Leading the way was Monster-In-Law with $11.06 million in combined rentals, $9.84 million from DVDs and $1.22 million from VHS. On the other hand, it came in second on the DVD sales chart, but more on that later. More...

DVD Releases for August 23, 2005

August 29th, 2005

Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases, classics and a few from the growing TV on DVD section. It's another week without a single first-run release worth picking up. There are half-a-dozen Special Edition and TV on DVD releases that are good, but none of them really stand out as worthy of being a DVD Pick of the Week. If I were to pick just one release from each category as the best, it would be House, M.D. - Season One - Buy from Amazon from the TV on DVD section and from the Special Edition sections I'd go with The Blues Brothers - 25th Anniversary Edition - Buy from Amazon. More...

Calm Before the Storm

May 22nd, 2005

It was another slow weekend for international details as few studios were brave enough, or foolish enough to try and squeeze in a release between Kingdom of Heaven and Revenge of the Sith. It was hard to find many films that earned more than $1 million over the weekend and most of the activity came from smaller releases in midlevel markets. Next weekend there could be even fewer details as Revenge of the Sith should dominate every market, but after that the summer blockbuster season should be in full swing and things should pick up. More...

International: Constantine Continues to Climb

May 1st, 2005

It was a good news, bad news kind of weekend for Constantine. The film remained in top spot in Japan with $2,330,027 on 349 screens for a $9,011,671 running tally in the market. Bad news, it dropped 37% during its second weekend in the market, which is really steep for Japan. Overall the film brought in $3 million on 1,200 screens in 40 markets for a international box office of $136.4 million. More...

Baby Takes Fifth in Close Race

March 20th, 2005

After gathering in all the data the winner for the race for fifth place is Million Dollar Baby, I think. It would need to lost more than 40% from last week's total and that's not taking into account its openings in South Korea at $1,515,672 and second place, its $110,000, third place debut in Finland, $86,000 in Russia, $50,000, second place debut in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, exact weekend totals are unknown but it is estimated at $6 million raising its international total to $43 million so far. More...

Down Stays Up on Per Theater Charts

March 1st, 2005

Last week's winner remained the per theater chart champion, as Downfall earned and average of $15,704. That's down just 13.7%, despite it being a post holiday weekend and seeing its theater count quadruple; this bodes very well for the film's long-term success. The only other film to crack the top 10 was overall box office champ, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, which averaged $14,771 in its 1,483 theaters. More...

Per Theater Charts Fall Down

February 23rd, 2005

Only two films were able to crack the $10,000 club this week, at least if you only count the three day weekend. The charts were led by the German Oscar contender, Downfall, which opened in only one theater and earned $18,195 over the 3-day weekend, and $24,220 if you add in the holiday Monday. In second place was Bride and Prejudice with a per theater average of $10,047 / $12,015. More...

Re-Release Leads Close Race

February 15th, 2005

The re-release of Masculine Feminine took top spot on the per theater charts, with an average of $13,428 in two theaters. This is the second time in three weeks that a re-release has managed that feat. There was an extremely close battle for second place between the overall box office champ, Hitch and Bride and Prejudice, which earned averages of $12,068 and $12,058 respectively. Had the latter film sold just 50 more tickets it would have finished in second place. More...

Real Fight Between Limited Releases This Week

February 11th, 2005

To be totally frank, most weeks you would be hard pressed to find any movie in the limited release sections that will make any impact on the box office. This week, on the other hand, we have two that should score mainstream success. Normally this would drive me nuts; it's hard enough for a limited release to find mainstream success, and now these two films have the added pressure of competing against each other. However, their target audiences couldn't be more different, (although odds are I'll pick them both up when they hit DVD.) More...

Movie Websites Launches for February 4 - February 10

February 10th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, The Jacket - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Website Launches for January 21 - January 27

January 27th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and a few updates, including this week's winner, The Wedding Date - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...


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  8. Trailer

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$1,334,869 (29.3% of total gross)
Legs:3.42 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:19.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$1,100,000 (worldwide box office is 21.9 times production budget)
Theater counts:387 opening theaters/387 max. theaters, 3.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $7,674,088

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 11th, 2005 (Limited) by Magnolia Pictures
International Releases: March 11th, 2005 (Wide), released as Ong Bak (Australia)
Video Release: August 30th, 2005 by Fox Home Entertainment, released as Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
MPAA Rating: R for sequences of strong violence, language, some drug use and sexuality
Franchise: Ong-Bak
Comparisons: vs. Bad Genius
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Martial Arts, Intertitle, White Collar Crime, Narcotics, Gangs, Country Mouse, City Mouse, Organized Crime, Underground / Illegal Fighting, Gambling, Voiceover/Narration, Extreme Weather, Confidence Men, Slow Motion Scene, Action Thriller
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: Thailand
Languages: Thai

Leading Cast

Tony Jaa    Boonting

Supporting Cast

Petchtai Wongkamlao    Humlae / George
Pumwaree Yodkamol    Muay Lek

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Prachya Pinkaew    Director
Suphachai Sittiaumponpan    Screenwriter

Contest: Ring In the New Year

January 9th, 2015

There are four wide releases / wide expansions next weekend with American Sniper and The Wedding Ringer leading the way. I'm not sure which film will come out on top; however, since American Sniper is expanding wide, The Wedding Ringer is the much better choice for the target film for this week's box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for The Wedding Ringer.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of the Ong Bak Trilogy on DVD. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a copy of the Ong Bak Trilogy on DVD. Finally, one additional entrant will be chosen and they will also win a copy of the Ong Bak Trilogy on DVD. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for July 29th, 2014

July 28th, 2014

I is not a bad week on the home market, as we do have a $100 million hit coming out on DVD and Blu-ray. Unfortunately, this $100 million hit is Noah, which is a good movie, but not a Pick of the Week contender. Worse still, it is a very shallow week and on the first page of Amazon.com's new releases list, there are releases that on a normal week would be filler. There are a trio of Pick of the Week contenders: Finding Vivian Maier - Buy from Amazon; It Felt Like Love - Buy from Amazon; and Marty - Blu-ray Buy from Amazon. All three are worth picking up, but in the end I went with Marty as Pick of the Week. More...

Featured Blu-ray Review: Ong-Bak Trilogy

July 27th, 2014

The first Ong-Bak film looked like it would propel Tony Jaa to super stardom. That hasn't worked out just yet, but there were two other films made in the franchise, which is being released this week. It is just the previous Blu-rays being released in a box set, but I only reviewed one of these films previously, so I jumped at the chance to see the other two. Are they worth picking up if you don't have them already? More...

In-Law has Monster Opening

September 10th, 2005

For the first time in a long time it was a good week on the rental charts with two films cracking $10 million in combined rentals. Leading the way was Monster-In-Law with $11.06 million in combined rentals, $9.84 million from DVDs and $1.22 million from VHS. On the other hand, it came in second on the DVD sales chart, but more on that later. More...

DVD Releases for August 23, 2005

August 29th, 2005

Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases, classics and a few from the growing TV on DVD section. It's another week without a single first-run release worth picking up. There are half-a-dozen Special Edition and TV on DVD releases that are good, but none of them really stand out as worthy of being a DVD Pick of the Week. If I were to pick just one release from each category as the best, it would be House, M.D. - Season One - Buy from Amazon from the TV on DVD section and from the Special Edition sections I'd go with The Blues Brothers - 25th Anniversary Edition - Buy from Amazon. More...

Calm Before the Storm

May 22nd, 2005

It was another slow weekend for international details as few studios were brave enough, or foolish enough to try and squeeze in a release between Kingdom of Heaven and Revenge of the Sith. It was hard to find many films that earned more than $1 million over the weekend and most of the activity came from smaller releases in midlevel markets. Next weekend there could be even fewer details as Revenge of the Sith should dominate every market, but after that the summer blockbuster season should be in full swing and things should pick up. More...

International: Constantine Continues to Climb

May 1st, 2005

It was a good news, bad news kind of weekend for Constantine. The film remained in top spot in Japan with $2,330,027 on 349 screens for a $9,011,671 running tally in the market. Bad news, it dropped 37% during its second weekend in the market, which is really steep for Japan. Overall the film brought in $3 million on 1,200 screens in 40 markets for a international box office of $136.4 million. More...

Baby Takes Fifth in Close Race

March 20th, 2005

After gathering in all the data the winner for the race for fifth place is Million Dollar Baby, I think. It would need to lost more than 40% from last week's total and that's not taking into account its openings in South Korea at $1,515,672 and second place, its $110,000, third place debut in Finland, $86,000 in Russia, $50,000, second place debut in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, exact weekend totals are unknown but it is estimated at $6 million raising its international total to $43 million so far. More...

Down Stays Up on Per Theater Charts

March 1st, 2005

Last week's winner remained the per theater chart champion, as Downfall earned and average of $15,704. That's down just 13.7%, despite it being a post holiday weekend and seeing its theater count quadruple; this bodes very well for the film's long-term success. The only other film to crack the top 10 was overall box office champ, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, which averaged $14,771 in its 1,483 theaters. More...

Per Theater Charts Fall Down

February 23rd, 2005

Only two films were able to crack the $10,000 club this week, at least if you only count the three day weekend. The charts were led by the German Oscar contender, Downfall, which opened in only one theater and earned $18,195 over the 3-day weekend, and $24,220 if you add in the holiday Monday. In second place was Bride and Prejudice with a per theater average of $10,047 / $12,015. More...

Re-Release Leads Close Race

February 15th, 2005

The re-release of Masculine Feminine took top spot on the per theater charts, with an average of $13,428 in two theaters. This is the second time in three weeks that a re-release has managed that feat. There was an extremely close battle for second place between the overall box office champ, Hitch and Bride and Prejudice, which earned averages of $12,068 and $12,058 respectively. Had the latter film sold just 50 more tickets it would have finished in second place. More...

Real Fight Between Limited Releases This Week

February 11th, 2005

To be totally frank, most weeks you would be hard pressed to find any movie in the limited release sections that will make any impact on the box office. This week, on the other hand, we have two that should score mainstream success. Normally this would drive me nuts; it's hard enough for a limited release to find mainstream success, and now these two films have the added pressure of competing against each other. However, their target audiences couldn't be more different, (although odds are I'll pick them both up when they hit DVD.) More...

Movie Websites Launches for February 4 - February 10

February 10th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, The Jacket - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

Movie Website Launches for January 21 - January 27

January 27th, 2005

During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and a few updates, including this week's winner, The Wedding Date - Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 11, 2005 17 $1,334,869   387 $3,449   $1,334,869 1
Feb 18, 2005 20 $719,706 -46% 361 $1,994   $2,681,150 2
Feb 25, 2005 25 $363,004 -50% 180 $2,017   $3,401,046 3
Mar 4, 2005 24 $296,712 -18% 191 $1,553   $3,875,926 4
Mar 11, 2005 33 $145,124 -51% 132 $1,099   $4,159,536 5
Mar 18, 2005 40 $96,047 -34% 91 $1,055   $4,332,457 6
Mar 25, 2005 56 $48,788 -49% 51 $957   $4,434,169 7
Apr 1, 2005 63 $19,474 -60% 38 $512   $4,476,630 8
Apr 8, 2005 58 $24,992 +28% 28 $893   $4,512,498 9
Apr 15, 2005 69 $19,887 -20% 31 $642   $4,543,512 10
Apr 22, 2005 89 $7,422 -63% 21 $353   $4,560,061 11

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Feb 21, 2005 19 $133,011     361 $368   $2,814,161 11

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Feb 11, 2005 17 $1,961,444   387 $5,068   $1,961,444 1
Feb 18, 2005 19 $1,076,598 -45% 361 $2,982   $3,038,042 2
Feb 25, 2005 25 $541,172 -50% 180 $3,007   $3,579,214 3
Mar 4, 2005 24 $435,198 -20% 191 $2,279   $4,014,412 4
Mar 11, 2005 33 $221,998 -49% 132 $1,682   $4,236,410 5
Mar 18, 2005 41 $148,971 -33% 91 $1,637   $4,385,381 6
Mar 25, 2005 57 $71,775 -52% 51 $1,407   $4,457,156 7
Apr 1, 2005 58 $30,350 -58% 38 $799   $4,487,506 8
Apr 8, 2005 61 $36,119 +19% 28 $1,290   $4,523,625 9
Apr 15, 2005 68 $29,014 -20% 31 $936   $4,552,639 10
Apr 22, 2005 89 $10,528 -64% 21 $501   $4,563,167 11

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 3/11/2005 $0 0 32 147 $348,101 9/25/2020
 
Rest of World $19,140,584
 
International Total$19,488,685 9/25/2020

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.