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#5,055 All-time worldwide
#151 2009 releases

Movie profile

A Single Man

2009 · 100 min · Fade To Black

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $25.0M
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget $18.0M
ROI 3.57x

Domestic gross

$12.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$12.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Single Man 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 #5,055 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #151 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #2 Fade To Black of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Fade To Black movie set. Primary genre #1,964 Drama of 5,859 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 A Single Man (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

A Single Man (2009) earned a reported $25.0M worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $18.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.57x. In this database it currently ranks #5,055 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #151 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$25,000,000
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
$18,000,000
ROI
3.57x
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

Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, is the story of a British college professor who dwells on the past and cannot see his future. We follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters ultimately lead him to decide if there is a meaning to life after the death of his long time partner, Jim.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 11, 2009
Production
Fade To Black, Depth of Field, Artina Films
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyFade To Black Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, A Single Man is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Fade To Black. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $25.0M, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is $18.0M, ROI is 3.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,055 all-time in the current chart set and #151 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.