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#5,769 All-time worldwide
#179 2011 releases

Movie profile

Margin Call

2011 · 107 min · Before The Door Pictures

Thriller Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $19.5M
Budget $3.5M
Gross minus budget $16.0M
ROI 5.57x

Domestic gross

$9.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Margin Call 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 #5,769 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2011 releases #179 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2011. Primary genre #1,322 Thriller of 2,567 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 Margin Call (2011) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Margin Call (2011) earned a reported $19.5M worldwide against a reported $3.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $16.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.57x. In this database it currently ranks #5,769 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #179 among 2011 releases.

Worldwide gross
$19,504,039
Budget
$3,500,000
Gross minus budget
$16,004,039
ROI
5.57x
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

Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. An entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 28, 2011
Production
Before the Door Pictures, Washington Square Films, Untitled Entertainment
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyBefore The Door Pictures Release year chart2011 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2011, Margin Call is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Drama title from Before the Door Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $19.5M, reported production budget is $3.5M, gross-minus-budget is $16.0M, ROI is 5.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,769 all-time in the current chart set and #179 among 2011 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.