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#4,704 All-time worldwide
#141 2009 releases

Movie profile

Case 39

2009 · 109 min · Paramount Vantage

Horror Mystery Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $29.0M
Budget $27.0M
Gross minus budget $2.0M
ROI 1.07x

Domestic gross

$13.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$15.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Case 39 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 #4,704 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #141 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #3 Paramount Vantage of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Vantage movie set. Primary genre #463 Horror of 1,240 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 Case 39 (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Case 39 (2009) earned a reported $29.0M worldwide against a reported $27.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.07x. In this database it currently ranks #4,704 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #141 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$29,000,000
Budget
$27,000,000
Gross minus budget
$2,000,000
ROI
1.07x
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

In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily assumes custody of Lilith while she looks for a foster family. However, Emily soon finds that dark forces surround the seemingly innocent girl, and the more she tries to protect Lilith, the more horrors she encounters.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 13, 2009
Production
Paramount Vantage, Misher Films, Anonymous Content
Countries
CA, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyParamount Vantage Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartMystery Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Case 39 is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Mystery, Thriller title from Paramount Vantage. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $29.0M, reported production budget is $27.0M, gross-minus-budget is $2.0M, ROI is 1.07x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,704 all-time in the current chart set and #141 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.