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#7,858 All-time worldwide
#225 2010 releases

Movie profile

Never Let Me Go

2010 · 104 min · Dna Films

Drama Romance Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.9M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$5.1M
ROI 0.66x

Domestic gross

$5.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$892,628

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Never Let Me Go 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 #7,858 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2010 releases #225 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2010. Studio / company #8 Dna Films of 9 titles Position inside the mapped Dna Films movie set. Primary genre #3,295 Drama of 5,859 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 Never Let Me Go (2010) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Never Let Me Go (2010) earned a reported $9.9M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$5.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.66x. In this database it currently ranks #7,858 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #225 among 2010 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,918,093
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$5,081,907
ROI
0.66x
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

As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 18, 2010
Production
DNA Films, Film4 Productions
Countries
GB

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2010, Never Let Me Go is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance, Science Fiction title from DNA Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.9M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$5.1M, ROI is 0.66x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,858 all-time in the current chart set and #225 among 2010 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.