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#7,528 All-time worldwide
#212 2008 releases

Movie profile

Let the Right One In

2008 · 115 min · Efti

Horror Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.8M
Budget $4.0M
Gross minus budget $6.8M
ROI 2.70x

Domestic gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Let the Right One In 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 #7,528 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #212 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Primary genre #731 Horror of 1,240 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 Let the Right One In (2008) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Let the Right One In (2008) earned a reported $10.8M worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $6.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.70x. In this database it currently ranks #7,528 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #212 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,785,801
Budget
$4,000,000
Gross minus budget
$6,785,801
ROI
2.70x
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

When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 24, 2008
Production
EFTI, Bavaria Film International, Sandrew Metronome Sverige
Countries
DE, SE

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyEfti Release year chart2008 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, Let the Right One In is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Drama title from EFTI. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.8M, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is $6.8M, ROI is 2.70x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,528 all-time in the current chart set and #212 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.