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#6,814 All-time worldwide
#188 2019 releases

Movie profile

Dark Waters

2019 · 127 min · Participant

Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $13.6M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget -$6.4M
ROI 0.68x

Domestic gross

$6.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dark Waters 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 #6,814 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2019 releases #188 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2019. Studio / company #8 Participant of 12 titles Position inside the mapped Participant movie set. Primary genre #2,807 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 Dark Waters (2019) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Dark Waters (2019) earned a reported $13.6M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$6.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.68x. In this database it currently ranks #6,814 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #188 among 2019 releases.

Worldwide gross
$13,601,384
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$6,398,616
ROI
0.68x
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 tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 22, 2019
Production
Participant, Willi Hill, Killer Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2019, Dark Waters is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from Participant. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $13.6M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$6.4M, ROI is 0.68x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,814 all-time in the current chart set and #188 among 2019 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.