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#2,369 All-time worldwide
#54 2002 releases

Movie profile

28 Days Later

2002 · 113 min · Dna Films

Horror Thriller Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $82.8M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget $74.8M
ROI 10.35x

Domestic gross

$39.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$43.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$17.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where 28 Days Later 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 #2,369 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #54 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #2 Dna Films of 9 titles Position inside the mapped Dna Films movie set. Franchise #2 28 Days/Weeks/Years Later of 4 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #202 Horror of 1,240 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.

#2,366 No Hard Feelings 2023 · $83.0M #2,367 Savages 2012 · $83.0M #2,368 Firewall 2006 · $82.8M #2,370 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son 2011 · $82.7M #2,371 Sinister 2012 · $82.5M #2,372 40-45 Spektakel-Musical 2019 · $82.5M

Quick answer

How did 28 Days Later (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

28 Days Later (2002) earned a reported $82.8M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $74.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 10.35x. In this database it currently ranks #2,369 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #54 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$82,784,517
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
$74,784,517
ROI
10.35x
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

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 31, 2002
Production
DNA Films
Countries
GB

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Studio / production companyDna Films Franchise28 Days/Weeks/Years Later Release year chart2002 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartThriller Genre chartScience Fiction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, 28 Days Later is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction title from DNA Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $82.8M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is $74.8M, ROI is 10.35x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,369 all-time in the current chart set and #54 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.