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#6,996 All-time worldwide
#212 2009 releases

Movie profile

I Saw the Sun

2009 · 115 min · Boyut Film

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.8M
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget $7.8M
ROI 2.56x

Domestic gross

$6.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where I Saw the Sun 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 #6,996 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #212 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Primary genre #2,900 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.

#6,993 They 2002 · $12.8M #6,994 Slither 2006 · $12.8M #6,995 Parasyte: Part 2 2015 · $12.8M #6,997 Knockaround Guys 2001 · $12.8M #6,998 Half Girlfriend 2017 · $12.8M #6,999 Marvin's Room 1996 · $12.8M

Quick answer

How did I Saw the Sun (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

I Saw the Sun (2009) earned a reported $12.8M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.56x. In this database it currently ranks #6,996 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #212 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,812,281
Budget
$5,000,000
Gross minus budget
$7,812,281
ROI
2.56x
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 the southeast region of Turkey, the Kurdish family of Altun lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 13, 2009
Production
Boyut Film
Countries
TR

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyBoyut Film Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, I Saw the Sun is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Boyut Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.8M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $7.8M, ROI is 2.56x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,996 all-time in the current chart set and #212 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.