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#1,395 All-time worldwide
#62 2016 releases

Movie profile

Lights Out

2016 · 81 min · New Line Cinema

Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $149.4M
Budget $4.9M
Gross minus budget $144.5M
ROI 30.48x

Domestic gross

$71.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$77.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$30.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Lights Out 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 #1,395 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2016 releases #62 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2016. Studio / company #34 New Line Cinema of 178 titles Position inside the mapped New Line Cinema movie set. Primary genre #92 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.

#1,391 Jack and Jill 2011 · $149.7M #1,393 The Secret World of Arrietty 2010 · $149.7M #1,394 Friends with Benefits 2011 · $149.5M #1,396 Lone Survivor 2013 · $149.3M #1,397 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2008 · $149.3M #1,398 Me, Myself & Irene 2000 · $149.3M

Quick answer

How did Lights Out (2016) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Lights Out (2016) earned a reported $149.4M worldwide against a reported $4.9M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $144.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 30.48x. In this database it currently ranks #1,395 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #62 among 2016 releases.

Worldwide gross
$149,368,835
Budget
$4,900,000
Gross minus budget
$144,468,835
ROI
30.48x
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

Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 21, 2016
Production
New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster, Grey Matter Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyNew Line Cinema Release year chart2016 box office Genre chartHorror

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2016, Lights Out is positioned in this dataset as a Horror title from New Line Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $149.4M, reported production budget is $4.9M, gross-minus-budget is $144.5M, ROI is 30.48x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,395 all-time in the current chart set and #62 among 2016 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.