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#8,112 All-time worldwide
#231 2008 releases

Movie profile

The Rainbow Troops

2008 · 120 min · Miles Films

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.0M
Budget $800,000
Gross minus budget $8.2M
ROI 11.25x

Domestic gross

$4.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$810,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Rainbow Troops 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 #8,112 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #231 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Primary genre #3,421 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.

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Quick answer

How did The Rainbow Troops (2008) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Rainbow Troops (2008) earned a reported $9.0M worldwide against a reported $800.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $8.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 11.25x. In this database it currently ranks #8,112 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #231 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,000,000
Budget
$800,000
Gross minus budget
$8,200,000
ROI
11.25x
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 group of 10 students struggles with poverty and develop hopes for the future in Gantong Village on the farming and tin mining island of Belitung.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 25, 2008
Production
Miles Films, Mizan Productions
Countries
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Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMiles Films FranchiseLaskar Pelangi Release year chart2008 box office Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, The Rainbow Troops is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Miles Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.0M, reported production budget is $800,000, gross-minus-budget is $8.2M, ROI is 11.25x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,112 all-time in the current chart set and #231 among 2008 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.