Thailand Ong-Bak returned 18.3× its production cost, earning $20.1M against a $1.1M budget — one of the highest-return Thailand films in our catalog.
Synopsis
องค์บาก
“No computer graphics. No stunt doubles. No wires.”
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
The 2002–2004 Thailand Window
17 Thailand films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Ong-Bak sits at position #4.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Ong-Bak. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Baa-Ram-Ewe
The 2000s Thailand Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ong-Bak premiered. 76 total titles in this decade from Thailand.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 45m runtime, production spent $10K per minute on screen and earned $192K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #59 of 239 Thailand films indexed here (75th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the Thailand average of 6.3/10.
Among Thailand Action productions specifically: #7 of 58 (top 12%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Thailand |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Thai |
| Spoken Languages | English, Thai |
| Production Companies | Baa-Ram-Ewe, Sahamongkolfilm, EuropaCorp, Golden Network Asia |
| Runtime | 1h 45m |
| Release Date | January 21, 2003 |
| IMDb | tt0368909 |