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#5,008 All-time worldwide
#154 2007 releases

Movie profile

The Hitcher

2007 · 84 min · Intrepid Pictures

Crime Horror Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $25.4M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $15.4M
ROI 2.54x

Domestic gross

$12.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Hitcher 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 #5,008 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2007 releases #154 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2007. Studio / company #2 Intrepid Pictures of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Intrepid Pictures movie set. Primary genre #793 Crime of 1,921 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.

#5,005 Ghost Dad 1990 · $25.4M #5,006 Desperado 1995 · $25.4M #5,007 Head Over Heels 2 2012 · $25.4M #5,010 In America 2003 · $25.4M #5,011 In Love and War 1996 · $25.4M #5,012 Serial Teachers 2 2015 · $25.4M

Quick answer

How did The Hitcher (2007) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Hitcher (2007) earned a reported $25.4M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $15.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.54x. In this database it currently ranks #5,008 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #154 among 2007 releases.

Worldwide gross
$25,400,000
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$15,400,000
ROI
2.54x
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

While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim successfully throws him out of the car. This sets off a chain of events that will change all of their lives forever.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 19, 2007
Production
Intrepid Pictures, Platinum Dunes, Focus Features
Countries
US, GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyIntrepid Pictures Release year chart2007 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartHorror Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2007, The Hitcher is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Horror, Thriller title from Intrepid Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $25.4M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $15.4M, ROI is 2.54x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,008 all-time in the current chart set and #154 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.