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#5,960 All-time worldwide
#176 2009 releases

Movie profile

Soul Kitchen

2009 · 99 min · Corazón International

Drama Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.2M
Budget $4.0M
Gross minus budget $14.2M
ROI 4.54x

Domestic gross

$9.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Soul Kitchen 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 #5,960 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #176 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #1 Corazón International of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Corazón International movie set. Primary genre #2,409 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.

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Quick answer

How did Soul Kitchen (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Soul Kitchen (2009) earned a reported $18.2M worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $14.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.54x. In this database it currently ranks #5,960 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #176 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$18,164,139
Budget
$4,000,000
Gross minus budget
$14,164,139
ROI
4.54x
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

In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 9, 2009
Production
Corazón International, Pyramide Productions, NDR
Countries
FR, DE, IT

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCorazón International Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Soul Kitchen is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy title from Corazón International. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.2M, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is $14.2M, ROI is 4.54x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,960 all-time in the current chart set and #176 among 2009 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.