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#1,379 All-time worldwide
#58 2017 releases

Movie profile

Darkest Hour

2017 · 125 min · Working Title Films

Drama History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $150.8M
Budget $30.0M
Gross minus budget $120.8M
ROI 5.03x

Domestic gross

$75.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$75.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$13.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Darkest Hour 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 #1,379 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2017 releases #58 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2017. Studio / company #8 Working Title Films of 35 titles Position inside the mapped Working Title Films movie set. Primary genre #382 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 Darkest Hour (2017) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Darkest Hour (2017) earned a reported $150.8M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $120.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.03x. In this database it currently ranks #1,379 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #58 among 2017 releases.

Worldwide gross
$150,847,207
Budget
$30,000,000
Gross minus budget
$120,847,207
ROI
5.03x
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 May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 22, 2017
Production
Working Title Films, Perfect World Pictures, Focus Features
Countries
GB, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2017, Darkest Hour is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History title from Working Title Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $150.8M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is $120.8M, ROI is 5.03x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,379 all-time in the current chart set and #58 among 2017 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.