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#7,575 All-time worldwide
#212 2006 releases

Movie profile

The Night Listener

2006 · 91 min · Ifc F Ilms

Crime Horror Mystery Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.6M
Budget $4.0M
Gross minus budget $6.6M
ROI 2.66x

Domestic gross

$5.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Night Listener 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 #7,575 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2006 releases #212 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2006. Primary genre #1,182 Crime of 1,921 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

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Quick answer

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

High confidence

The Night Listener (2006) earned a reported $10.6M worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $6.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.66x. In this database it currently ranks #7,575 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #212 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,639,686
Budget
$4,000,000
Gross minus budget
$6,639,686
ROI
2.66x
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

In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan—a young boy—via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 12, 2006
Production
IFC FIlms, Fortissimo Films, Hart-Sharp Entertainment
Countries
NL, US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, The Night Listener is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Horror, Mystery title from IFC FIlms. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.6M, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is $6.6M, ROI is 2.66x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,575 all-time in the current chart set and #212 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.