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#5,909 All-time worldwide
#153 2023 releases

Movie profile

The Blackening

2023 · 97 min · Mrc

Horror Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.6M
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget $13.6M
ROI 3.71x

Domestic gross

$8.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Blackening 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 #5,909 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2023 releases #153 Release-year chart position of 244 titles Ranked against movies released in 2023. Studio / company #7 Mrc of 7 titles Position inside the mapped Mrc movie set. Primary genre #563 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 The Blackening (2023) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Blackening (2023) earned a reported $18.6M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $13.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.71x. In this database it currently ranks #5,909 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #153 among 2023 releases.

Worldwide gross
$18,563,767
Budget
$5,000,000
Gross minus budget
$13,563,767
ROI
3.71x
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

Seven black friends go away for the weekend, only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. They must pit their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies against the murderer to stay alive.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 15, 2023
Production
MRC, CatchLight Studios, Artists First
Countries
US

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2023, The Blackening is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Comedy title from MRC. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.6M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $13.6M, ROI is 3.71x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,909 all-time in the current chart set and #153 among 2023 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.