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#6,601 All-time worldwide
#202 2009 releases

Movie profile

Desert Flower

2009 · 120 min · Backup Media

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.7M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$7.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Desert Flower 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 #6,601 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #202 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Primary genre #2,724 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 Desert Flower (2009) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Desert Flower (2009) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $14.7M. In this database it currently ranks #6,601 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #202 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,682,943
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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 autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 24, 2009
Production
Backup Media, Desert Flower, Majestic Filmproduktion
Countries
AT, DE, FR

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Studio / production companyBackup Media Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Desert Flower is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Backup Media. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.7M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,601 all-time in the current chart set and #202 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.