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#5,766 All-time worldwide
#171 2009 releases

Movie profile

Astro Boy

2009 · 94 min · Summit Entertainment

Animation Action Family Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $19.6M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $9.6M
ROI 1.96x

Domestic gross

$8.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Astro Boy 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 #5,766 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #171 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #29 Summit Entertainment of 35 titles Position inside the mapped Summit Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #551 Animation of 920 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 Astro Boy (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Astro Boy (2009) earned a reported $19.6M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.96x. In this database it currently ranks #5,766 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #171 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$19,551,067
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$9,551,067
ROI
1.96x
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 the futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Atom) is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he had lost. Unable to fulfill his creator's expectations, Astro embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before returning to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who rejected him.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 15, 2009
Production
Summit Entertainment, Imagi Animation Studios, Tezuka Productions
Countries
JP, US, HK

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Studio / production companySummit Entertainment Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartAction Genre chartFamily Genre chartScience Fiction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Astro Boy is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Action, Family title from Summit Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $19.6M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $9.6M, ROI is 1.96x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,766 all-time in the current chart set and #171 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.