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#5,301 All-time worldwide
#157 2008 releases

Movie profile

The Ruins

2008 · 91 min · Spyglass Entertainment

Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22.8M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget $14.8M
ROI 2.85x

Domestic gross

$11.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Ruins 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 #5,301 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #157 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Studio / company #11 Spyglass Entertainment of 11 titles Position inside the mapped Spyglass Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #504 Horror of 1,240 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.

#5,298 A Perfect Getaway 2009 · $22.9M #5,299 Dr. T & the Women 2000 · $22.8M #5,300 Won't You Be My Neighbor? 2018 · $22.8M #5,302 Missing in Action 1984 · $22.8M #5,303 Firefighters 2024 · $22.8M #5,304 Rudy 1993 · $22.8M

Quick answer

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

High confidence

The Ruins (2008) earned a reported $22.8M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $14.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.85x. In this database it currently ranks #5,301 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #157 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,818,256
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
$14,818,256
ROI
2.85x
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

Americans Amy, Stacy, Jeff and Eric look for fun during a sunny holiday in Mexico, but they get much more than that after visiting an archaeological dig in the jungle.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 2, 2008
Production
Spyglass Entertainment, Internationale Filmproduktion Prometheus, Red Hour
Countries
DE, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, The Ruins is positioned in this dataset as a Horror title from Spyglass Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.8M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is $14.8M, ROI is 2.85x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,301 all-time in the current chart set and #157 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.