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#6,094 All-time worldwide
#184 2009 releases

Movie profile

Look for a Star

2009 · 117 min · Media Asia Films

Romance Drama Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.4M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$8.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Look for a Star 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 #6,094 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #184 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #3 Media Asia Films of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Media Asia Films movie set. Primary genre #1,103 Romance of 2,607 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.

#6,089 Frailty 2002 · $17.4M #6,092 Little 2019 · $17.4M #6,093 Blood Brothers: Bara Naga 2025 · $17.4M #6,095 Firehouse Dog 2007 · $17.4M #6,096 Extreme Measures 1996 · $17.4M #6,097 Baaghi 2016 · $17.4M

Quick answer

How did Look for a Star (2009) perform at the box office?

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Look for a Star (2009) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $17.4M. In this database it currently ranks #6,094 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #184 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,386,063
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Wealthy construction mogul Sam Ching and cabaret dancer Milan Sit fall madly in love with one another despite the class differences that would keep many couples apart. However, what Sit doesn't know is that Ching is the man responsible for razing a building representing cherished memories from her childhood.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 23, 2009
Production
Media Asia Films, Basic Pictures, Huayi Brothers Pictures 浙江华谊兄弟影业
Countries
CN, HK

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Studio / production companyMedia Asia Films Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Look for a Star is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama, Comedy title from Media Asia Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.4M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,094 all-time in the current chart set and #184 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.