Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$23.8M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$23.8M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$4.3M
Estimated from worldwide grossRanking context
Where Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire ranks
Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.Nearby worldwide ranks
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How did Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009) perform at the box office?
High confidencePrecious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009) earned a reported $47.5M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $37.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.75x. In this database it currently ranks #3,454 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #102 among 2009 releases.
- Worldwide gross
- $47,536,959
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Gross minus budget
- $37,536,959
- ROI
- 4.75x
Synopsis
Story
In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.
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Why this movie matters
Released in 2009, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Smokewood Entertainment Group. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $47.5M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $37.5M, ROI is 4.75x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,454 all-time in the current chart set and #102 among 2009 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.
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