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#4,148 All-time worldwide
#123 2009 releases

Movie profile

The Message

2009 · 118 min · Huayi Brothers Media Corporation

Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $35.5M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$17.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$17.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Message 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 #4,148 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #123 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #1 Huayi Brothers Media Corporation of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Huayi Brothers Media Corporation movie set. Primary genre #1,551 Drama of 5,859 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.

#4,145 Jersey Girl 2004 · $35.5M #4,146 Mia and the White Lion 2018 · $35.5M #4,147 Hide and Seek 2013 · $35.5M #4,149 Mermaids 1990 · $35.4M #4,150 Original Sin 2001 · $35.4M #4,151 Room 2015 · $35.4M

Quick answer

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

Medium confidence

The Message (2009) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $35.5M. In this database it currently ranks #4,148 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #123 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$35,450,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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 a series of assassinations in Nanking, a Japanese spy master gathers a group of suspects in a mansion, then a tense cat-and-mouse game erupts as the Chinese agent tries to keep his or her identity a secret.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 22, 2009
Production
Huayi Brothers Media Corporation
Countries
CN

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyHuayi Brothers Media Corporation Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, The Message is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from Huayi Brothers Media Corporation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $35.5M. For comparison, it currently sits #4,148 all-time in the current chart set and #123 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.