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#3,485 All-time worldwide
#107 2012 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $47.0M
Budget $30.0M
Gross minus budget $17.0M
ROI 1.57x

Domestic gross

$18.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$28.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Looper ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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Quick answer

How did Looper (2012) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Looper (2012) earned a reported $47.0M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $17.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.57x. In this database it currently ranks #3,485 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #107 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross
$47,042,000
Budget
$30,000,000
Gross minus budget
$17,042,000
ROI
1.57x
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 year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 26, 2012
Production
Endgame Entertainment, DMG Entertainment, Ram Bergman Productions
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, Looper is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Thriller, Science Fiction title from Endgame Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $47.0M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is $17.0M, ROI is 1.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,485 all-time in the current chart set and #107 among 2012 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.