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#3,494 All-time worldwide
#104 2009 releases

Movie profile

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

2009 · 93 min · Scion Films

Drama Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $46.8M
Budget $16.0M
Gross minus budget $30.8M
ROI 2.93x

Domestic gross

$20.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$26.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Hachi: A Dog's Tale 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 #3,494 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #104 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #2 Scion Films of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Scion Films movie set. Primary genre #1,262 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 Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) earned a reported $46.8M worldwide against a reported $16.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $30.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.93x. In this database it currently ranks #3,494 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #104 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$46,800,000
Budget
$16,000,000
Gross minus budget
$30,800,000
ROI
2.93x
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

Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship unfolds.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 8, 2009
Production
Scion Films, Stage 6 Films, Inferno Distribution
Countries
GB, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Hachi: A Dog's Tale is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Family title from Scion Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $46.8M, reported production budget is $16.0M, gross-minus-budget is $30.8M, ROI is 2.93x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,494 all-time in the current chart set and #104 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.