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#8,382 All-time worldwide
#240 2012 releases

Movie profile

Promised Land

2012 · 106 min · Image Nation Abu Dhabi

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.1M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$6.9M
ROI 0.54x

Domestic gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$729,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Promised Land 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 #8,382 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2012 releases #240 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2012. Studio / company #1 Image Nation Abu Dhabi of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Image Nation Abu Dhabi movie set. Primary genre #3,541 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.

#8,379 Seven Wolves 1989 · $8.1M #8,380 The Philadelphia Experiment 1984 · $8.1M #8,381 Midnight FM 2010 · $8.1M #8,391 The Master 1992 · $8.1M #8,392 Fresh 1994 · $8.1M #8,393 Cats in the Museum 2023 · $8.1M

Quick answer

How did Promised Land (2012) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Promised Land (2012) earned a reported $8.1M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$6.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.54x. In this database it currently ranks #8,382 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #240 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,100,000
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$6,900,000
ROI
0.54x
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

A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 23, 2012
Production
Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Focus Features, Media Farm
Countries
AE, US

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Studio / production companyImage Nation Abu Dhabi Release year chart2012 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, Promised Land is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Image Nation Abu Dhabi. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.1M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$6.9M, ROI is 0.54x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,382 all-time in the current chart set and #240 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.