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#8,167 All-time worldwide
#235 2008 releases

Movie profile

Cadillac Records

2008 · 109 min · Parkwood Entertainment

Drama History Music
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.9M
Budget $12.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.1M
ROI 0.74x

Domestic gross

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$799,204

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Cadillac Records 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 #8,167 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #235 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Studio / company #2 Parkwood Entertainment of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Parkwood Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #3,446 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 Cadillac Records (2008) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Cadillac Records (2008) earned a reported $8.9M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.74x. In this database it currently ranks #8,167 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #235 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,880,045
Budget
$12,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$3,119,955
ROI
0.74x
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

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 5, 2008
Production
Parkwood Entertainment
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyParkwood Entertainment Release year chart2008 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartHistory Genre chartMusic

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, Cadillac Records is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History, Music title from Parkwood Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.9M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.1M, ROI is 0.74x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,167 all-time in the current chart set and #235 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.