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#4,513 All-time worldwide
#137 2009 releases

Movie profile

Broken Embraces

2009 · 127 min · El Deseo

Drama Romance Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $31.0M
Budget $18.0M
Gross minus budget $13.0M
ROI 1.72x

Domestic gross

$15.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$15.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Broken Embraces 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 #4,513 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #137 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #8 El Deseo of 22 titles Position inside the mapped El Deseo movie set. Primary genre #1,705 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.

#4,509 Guru 2007 · $31.0M #4,509 Rowdy Rathore 2012 · $31.0M #4,512 The Promise 2005 · $31.0M #4,514 Joe Dirt 2001 · $31.0M #4,515 Playing for Keeps 2012 · $31.0M #4,516 Pilot 2024 · $30.9M

Quick answer

How did Broken Embraces (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Broken Embraces (2009) earned a reported $31.0M worldwide against a reported $18.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $13.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.72x. In this database it currently ranks #4,513 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #137 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$30,991,660
Budget
$18,000,000
Gross minus budget
$12,991,660
ROI
1.72x
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

Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 18, 2009
Production
El Deseo
Countries
ES

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Broken Embraces is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance, Thriller title from El Deseo. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $31.0M, reported production budget is $18.0M, gross-minus-budget is $13.0M, ROI is 1.72x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,513 all-time in the current chart set and #137 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.