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#4,816 All-time worldwide
#146 2009 releases

Movie profile

The Road

2009 · 111 min · Dimension Films

Adventure Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $27.6M
Budget $32.0M
Gross minus budget -$4.4M
ROI 0.86x

Domestic gross

$13.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Road 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 #4,816 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #146 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #21 Dimension Films of 42 titles Position inside the mapped Dimension Films movie set. Primary genre #1,187 Adventure of 2,138 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 Road (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Road (2009) earned a reported $27.6M worldwide against a reported $32.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$4.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.86x. In this database it currently ranks #4,816 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #146 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$27,635,305
Budget
$32,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$4,364,695
ROI
0.86x
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 father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the snow falls, it is gray. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 25, 2009
Production
Dimension Films, 2929 Productions, Nick Wechsler Productions
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyDimension Films Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, The Road is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Drama title from Dimension Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $27.6M, reported production budget is $32.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$4.4M, ROI is 0.86x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,816 all-time in the current chart set and #146 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.