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#4,626 All-time worldwide
#138 2006 releases

Movie profile

Pulse

2006 · 88 min · Dimension Films

Horror Science Fiction Mystery Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $29.9M
Budget $38.0M
Gross minus budget -$8.1M
ROI 0.79x

Domestic gross

$14.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$15.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Pulse 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 #4,626 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2006 releases #138 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2006. Studio / company #20 Dimension Films of 42 titles Position inside the mapped Dimension Films movie set. Primary genre #458 Horror of 1,240 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 Pulse (2006) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Pulse (2006) earned a reported $29.9M worldwide against a reported $38.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$8.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.79x. In this database it currently ranks #4,626 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #138 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$29,907,685
Budget
$38,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$8,092,315
ROI
0.79x
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

When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and destruction.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 11, 2006
Production
Dimension Films, The Weinstein Company, Distant Horizon
Countries
US, RO, ZA

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, Pulse is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery title from Dimension Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $29.9M, reported production budget is $38.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$8.1M, ROI is 0.79x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,626 all-time in the current chart set and #138 among 2006 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.