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#7,309 All-time worldwide
#215 2007 releases

Movie profile

Secret Sunshine

2007 · 143 min · Cinema Service

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $11.6M
Budget $2.9M
Gross minus budget $8.7M
ROI 3.99x

Domestic gross

$5.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Secret Sunshine 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 #7,309 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2007 releases #215 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2007. Studio / company #1 Cinema Service of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Cinema Service movie set. Primary genre #3,044 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.

#7,306 So I Married an Axe Murderer 1993 · $11.6M #7,307 Winx Club - Magic Adventure 2010 · $11.6M #7,308 Graveyard Shift 1990 · $11.6M #7,310 Wing Commander 1999 · $11.6M #7,311 Monsieur Ibrahim 2003 · $11.6M #7,312 Henry & June 1990 · $11.6M

Quick answer

How did Secret Sunshine (2007) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Secret Sunshine (2007) earned a reported $11.6M worldwide against a reported $2.9M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $8.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.99x. In this database it currently ranks #7,309 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #215 among 2007 releases.

Worldwide gross
$11,581,469
Budget
$2,900,000
Gross minus budget
$8,681,469
ROI
3.99x
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

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 23, 2007
Production
Cinema Service, Pinehouse Film, CJ Entertainment
Countries
KR

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Studio / production companyCinema Service Release year chart2007 box office Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2007, Secret Sunshine is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Cinema Service. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $11.6M, reported production budget is $2.9M, gross-minus-budget is $8.7M, ROI is 3.99x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,309 all-time in the current chart set and #215 among 2007 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.