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#5,807 All-time worldwide
#171 2010 releases

Movie profile

Buried

2010 · 95 min · Versus Entertainment

Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $19.2M
Budget $2.0M
Gross minus budget $17.2M
ROI 9.64x

Domestic gross

$7.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Buried 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 #5,807 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2010 releases #171 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2010. Primary genre #1,333 Thriller of 2,567 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.

#5,804 Beerfest 2006 · $19.2M #5,805 Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood 1988 · $19.2M #5,806 Tuck Everlasting 2002 · $19.2M #5,808 The Bling Ring 2013 · $19.1M #5,809 Dear Evan Hansen 2021 · $19.1M #5,810 Blaze 1989 · $19.1M

Quick answer

How did Buried (2010) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Buried (2010) earned a reported $19.2M worldwide against a reported $2.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $17.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 9.64x. In this database it currently ranks #5,807 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #171 among 2010 releases.

Worldwide gross
$19,152,480
Budget
$1,987,650
Gross minus budget
$17,164,830
ROI
9.64x
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

As an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq, Paul Conroy's convoy is attacked by a group of Iraqi insurgents. Some time later, Paul awakes in a coffin with only a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-growing anxiety. Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, he must fight panic, despair, and delirium as he races against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 24, 2010
Production
Versus Entertainment, The Safran Company, Dark Trick Films
Countries
ES, US, FR, GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyVersus Entertainment Release year chart2010 box office Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2010, Buried is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller title from Versus Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $19.2M, reported production budget is $2.0M, gross-minus-budget is $17.2M, ROI is 9.64x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,807 all-time in the current chart set and #171 among 2010 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.