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#2,241 All-time worldwide
#63 2006 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $88.5M
Budget $11.0M
Gross minus budget $77.5M
ROI 8.04x

Domestic gross

$42.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$46.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$18.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Host ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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Quick answer

How did The Host (2006) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Host (2006) earned a reported $88.5M worldwide against a reported $11.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $77.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 8.04x. In this database it currently ranks #2,241 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #63 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$88,489,643
Budget
$11,000,000
Gross minus budget
$77,489,643
ROI
8.04x
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

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 27, 2006
Production
Chungeorahm Film, Showbox
Countries
KR

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, The Host is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Drama, Science Fiction title from Chungeorahm Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $88.5M, reported production budget is $11.0M, gross-minus-budget is $77.5M, ROI is 8.04x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,241 all-time in the current chart set and #63 among 2006 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.