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#6,016 All-time worldwide
#180 2009 releases

Movie profile

A Prophet

2009 · 155 min · Why Not Productions

Crime Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.9M
Budget $13.0M
Gross minus budget $4.9M
ROI 1.37x

Domestic gross

$8.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Prophet 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 #6,016 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #180 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #5 Why Not Productions of 13 titles Position inside the mapped Why Not Productions movie set. Primary genre #953 Crime of 1,921 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.

#6,013 We Have a Pope 2011 · $17.9M #6,014 Shield of Straw 2013 · $17.9M #6,015 Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie 2012 · $17.9M #6,017 City of Ember 2008 · $17.9M #6,018 Flyboys 2006 · $17.9M #6,019 Sibling Rivalry 1990 · $17.9M

Quick answer

How did A Prophet (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

A Prophet (2009) earned a reported $17.9M worldwide against a reported $13.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.37x. In this database it currently ranks #6,016 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #180 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,874,044
Budget
$13,000,000
Gross minus budget
$4,874,044
ROI
1.37x
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

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 26, 2009
Production
Why Not Productions, Chic Films, Page 114
Countries
FR, IT

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Studio / production companyWhy Not Productions Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, A Prophet is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama title from Why Not Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.9M, reported production budget is $13.0M, gross-minus-budget is $4.9M, ROI is 1.37x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,016 all-time in the current chart set and #180 among 2009 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.