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#5,717 All-time worldwide
#168 2008 releases

Movie profile

Blindness

2008 · 121 min · Alliance Films

Drama Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $19.8M
Budget $25.0M
Gross minus budget -$5.2M
ROI 0.79x

Domestic gross

$9.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Blindness 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 #5,717 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #168 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Studio / company #2 Alliance Films of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Alliance Films movie set. Primary genre #2,298 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 Blindness (2008) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Blindness (2008) earned a reported $19.8M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$5.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.79x. In this database it currently ranks #5,717 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #168 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$19,844,979
Budget
$25,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$5,155,021
ROI
0.79x
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

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 14, 2008
Production
Alliance Films, 20th Century Fox Brazil, GAGA Communications
Countries
BR, CA, IT, JP, GB

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, Blindness is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction title from Alliance Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $19.8M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$5.2M, ROI is 0.79x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,717 all-time in the current chart set and #168 among 2008 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.