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#3,447 All-time worldwide
#101 2009 releases

Movie profile

The Fourth Kind

2009 · 98 min · Universal Pictures

Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $47.7M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $37.7M
ROI 4.77x

Domestic gross

$19.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$28.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Fourth Kind 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 #3,447 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #101 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #175 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #268 Mystery of 951 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 Fourth Kind (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Fourth Kind (2009) earned a reported $47.7M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $37.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.77x. In this database it currently ranks #3,447 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #101 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$47,709,193
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$37,709,193
ROI
4.77x
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

Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr. Abigail Tyler, a psychologist, may be on the verge of blowing the unsolved cases wide open when, during the course of treating her patients, she finds evidence of alien abductions.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 5, 2009
Production
Universal Pictures, Gold Circle Films, Chambara Pictures
Countries
BE, US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, The Fourth Kind is positioned in this dataset as a Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $47.7M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $37.7M, ROI is 4.77x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,447 all-time in the current chart set and #101 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.