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#2,141 All-time worldwide
#62 2009 releases

Movie profile

The Lovely Bones

2009 · 136 min · Wing Nut Films

Fantasy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $93.6M
Budget $65.0M
Gross minus budget $28.6M
ROI 1.44x

Domestic gross

$46.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$46.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$8.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Lovely Bones 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 #2,141 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #62 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #1 Wing Nut Films of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Wing Nut Films movie set. Primary genre #365 Fantasy of 1,285 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.

#2,138 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 2021 · $93.9M #2,139 Nothing to Declare 2010 · $93.8M #2,140 The Crow 1994 · $93.7M #2,142 The Internship 2013 · $93.5M #2,143 BlacKkKlansman 2018 · $93.4M #2,144 Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween 2018 · $93.3M

Quick answer

How did The Lovely Bones (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Lovely Bones (2009) earned a reported $93.6M worldwide against a reported $65.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $28.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.44x. In this database it currently ranks #2,141 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #62 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$93,600,000
Budget
$65,000,000
Gross minus budget
$28,600,000
ROI
1.44x
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

After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 26, 2009
Production
WingNut Films, DreamWorks Pictures, Film4 Productions
Countries
GB, NZ, US

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Studio / production companyWing Nut Films Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, The Lovely Bones is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Drama title from WingNut Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $93.6M, reported production budget is $65.0M, gross-minus-budget is $28.6M, ROI is 1.44x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,141 all-time in the current chart set and #62 among 2009 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.