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#3,809 All-time worldwide
#112 2009 releases

Movie profile

Gamer

2009 · 95 min · Lakeshore Entertainment

Action Thriller Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $40.8M
Budget $50.0M
Gross minus budget -$9.2M
ROI 0.82x

Domestic gross

$16.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$24.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Gamer 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 #3,809 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #112 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #12 Lakeshore Entertainment of 20 titles Position inside the mapped Lakeshore Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #1,284 Action of 2,939 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 Gamer (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Gamer (2009) earned a reported $40.8M worldwide against a reported $50.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$9.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.82x. In this database it currently ranks #3,809 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #112 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$40,800,000
Budget
$50,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$9,200,000
ROI
0.82x
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

Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 3, 2009
Production
Lakeshore Entertainment, Taurus Film, Vincent Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Gamer is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Thriller, Science Fiction title from Lakeshore Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $40.8M, reported production budget is $50.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$9.2M, ROI is 0.82x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,809 all-time in the current chart set and #112 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.