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#7,962 All-time worldwide
#225 2008 releases

Movie profile

Mid-August Lunch

2008 · 75 min · Archimede

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.5M
Budget $500,000
Gross minus budget $9.0M
ROI 19.05x

Domestic gross

$3.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mid-August Lunch 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 #7,962 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #225 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Studio / company #2 Archimede of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Archimede movie set. Primary genre #3,103 Comedy of 4,840 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 Mid-August Lunch (2008) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Mid-August Lunch (2008) earned a reported $9.5M worldwide against a reported $500.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 19.05x. In this database it currently ranks #7,962 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #225 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,524,517
Budget
$500,000
Gross minus budget
$9,024,517
ROI
19.05x
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

Gianni is a middle-aged man living in Rome with his imposing and demanding elderly mother. His only outlet from her and the increasing debt into which they are sinking, are the increasingly frequent quiet sessions at the local tavern. As an Oriental saying goes, 'Moments of crisis are moments of opportunities'. These appear during the celebration of the holiday of Ferragosto on 15 August. That's when everybody leaves town to have fun. Opportunity knocks on Gianni's door in the most unexpected way.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 30, 2008
Production
Archimede, Fandango, RAI Cinema
Countries
IT

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Studio / production companyArchimede Release year chart2008 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, Mid-August Lunch is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Archimede. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.5M, reported production budget is $500,000, gross-minus-budget is $9.0M, ROI is 19.05x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,962 all-time in the current chart set and #225 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.