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#6,551 All-time worldwide
#192 2008 releases

Movie profile

Elegy

2008 · 112 min · Box Office Data

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.9M
Budget $13.0M
Gross minus budget $1.9M
ROI 1.15x

Domestic gross

$6.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Elegy 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 #6,551 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #192 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

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

Medium confidence

Elegy (2008) earned a reported $14.9M worldwide against a reported $13.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.15x. In this database it currently ranks #6,551 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #192 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,894,347
Budget
$13,000,000
Gross minus budget
$1,894,347
ROI
1.15x
Source: FilmDB. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.

Movie facts

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, Elegy is positioned in this dataset as a movie title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.9M, reported production budget is $13.0M, gross-minus-budget is $1.9M, ROI is 1.15x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,551 all-time in the current chart set and #192 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.