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#6,379 All-time worldwide
#187 2008 releases

Movie profile

Shine a Light

2008 · 122 min · Shangri La Entertainment

Documentary Music
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $15.8M
Budget $1.0M
Gross minus budget $14.8M
ROI 15.77x

Domestic gross

$6.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Shine a Light 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 #6,379 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #187 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Studio / company #2 Shangri La Entertainment of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Shangri La Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #64 Documentary of 204 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.

#6,376 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 2005 · $15.8M #6,377 Kiss Me Goodbye 1982 · $15.8M #6,378 Away We Go 2009 · $15.8M #6,380 The Manny 2015 · $15.8M #6,381 Black Sunday 1977 · $15.8M #6,382 Lantana 2001 · $15.7M

Quick answer

How did Shine a Light (2008) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Shine a Light (2008) earned a reported $15.8M worldwide against a reported $1.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $14.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 15.77x. In this database it currently ranks #6,379 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #187 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$15,773,307
Budget
$1,000,000
Gross minus budget
$14,773,307
ROI
15.77x
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

Martin Scorsese’s electrifying concert documentary captures The Rolling Stones live at New York’s Beacon Theatre during their A Bigger Bang tour. Filmed over two nights in 2006 with an all-star team of cinematographers, the film combines dynamic performances with archival footage and rare glimpses behind the scenes, offering a vibrant portrait of the band’s enduring energy and legacy.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 4, 2008
Production
Shangri-La Entertainment, Concert Productions International, Paramount Vantage
Countries
CA, US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, Shine a Light is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary, Music title from Shangri-La Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $15.8M, reported production budget is $1.0M, gross-minus-budget is $14.8M, ROI is 15.77x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,379 all-time in the current chart set and #187 among 2008 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.