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#3,472 All-time worldwide
#105 2008 releases

Movie profile

CJ7

2008 · 88 min · Star Overseas

Comedy Drama Family Fantasy Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $47.3M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget $27.3M
ROI 2.37x

Domestic gross

$20.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$27.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where CJ7 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 #3,472 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #105 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Studio / company #2 Star Overseas of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Star Overseas movie set. Primary genre #1,309 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#3,469 Texas Chainsaw 3D 2013 · $47.3M #3,470 Mortdecai 2015 · $47.3M #3,471 A Monster Calls 2016 · $47.3M #3,473 Tiny Times 2 2013 · $47.3M #3,474 Last Man Standing 1996 · $47.3M #3,475 Deck the Halls 2006 · $47.2M

Quick answer

How did CJ7 (2008) perform at the box office?

High confidence

CJ7 (2008) earned a reported $47.3M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $27.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.37x. In this database it currently ranks #3,472 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #105 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$47,301,471
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
$27,301,471
ROI
2.37x
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

A poor construction worker, who struggles to keep his son in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy which proves to be much, much more once the young boy starts to play with it.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 30, 2008
Production
Star Overseas, Beijing Film Studio, Columbia Pictures
Countries
HK

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyStar Overseas Release year chart2008 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartFamily Genre chartFantasy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, CJ7 is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Family title from Star Overseas. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $47.3M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $27.3M, ROI is 2.37x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,472 all-time in the current chart set and #105 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.