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#6,086 All-time worldwide
#183 2009 releases

Movie profile

Capitalism: A Love Story

2009 · 128 min · The Weinstein Company

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.4M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget -$2.6M
ROI 0.87x

Domestic gross

$7.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Capitalism: A Love Story ranks

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How did Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) perform at the box office?

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Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) earned a reported $17.4M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.87x. In this database it currently ranks #6,086 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #183 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,436,509
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,563,491
ROI
0.87x
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

Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world).

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 6, 2009
Production
The Weinstein Company, Paramount Vantage, Dog Eat Dog Films
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Capitalism: A Love Story is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary, History title from The Weinstein Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.4M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.6M, ROI is 0.87x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,086 all-time in the current chart set and #183 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.