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#8,002 All-time worldwide
#236 2009 releases

Movie profile

Chéri

2009 · 86 min · Bill Kenwright Films

Drama Comedy Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.4M
Budget $23.0M
Gross minus budget -$13.6M
ROI 0.41x

Domestic gross

$4.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$846,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Chéri 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 #8,002 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #236 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Primary genre #3,363 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 Chéri (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Chéri (2009) earned a reported $9.4M worldwide against a reported $23.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$13.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.41x. In this database it currently ranks #8,002 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #236 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,400,000
Budget
$23,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$13,600,000
ROI
0.41x
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 son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 8, 2009
Production
Bill Kenwright Films, Tiggy Films, Pathé
Countries
FR, DE, GB

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Chéri is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy, Romance title from Bill Kenwright Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.4M, reported production budget is $23.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$13.6M, ROI is 0.41x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,002 all-time in the current chart set and #236 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.