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#7,170 All-time worldwide
#165 2002 releases

Movie profile

2009: Lost Memories

2002 · 136 min · Indecom Cinema

Thriller Action Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.0M
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget $5.0M
ROI 1.72x

Domestic gross

$6.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where 2009: Lost Memories 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 #7,170 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #165 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Primary genre #1,647 Thriller of 2,567 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 2009: Lost Memories (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

2009: Lost Memories (2002) earned a reported $12.0M worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.72x. In this database it currently ranks #7,170 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #165 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,049,825
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
$5,049,825
ROI
1.72x
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

There are breakpoints in the history, the result of a single event may change the whole course. In 1909, an assassination attempt of a Japanese governor fails. Now, in 2009, Korea is just another state of Japan's Empire & Seoul has become a major city. A Korean resistance group fights for liberty, independence & the restoration of true history. Two cops, Japanese & Korean, investigate the group.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 1, 2002
Production
Indecom Cinema, Tube Entertainment, CJ Entertainment
Countries
KR

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Studio / production companyIndecom Cinema Release year chart2002 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartAction Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, 2009: Lost Memories is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Action, Drama title from Indecom Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.0M, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is $5.0M, ROI is 1.72x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,170 all-time in the current chart set and #165 among 2002 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.