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#4,275 All-time worldwide
#125 2009 releases

Movie profile

The Secret in Their Eyes

2009 · 130 min · Canal+ España

Mystery Thriller Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $34.0M
Budget $2.0M
Gross minus budget $32.0M
ROI 16.98x

Domestic gross

$17.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$17.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Secret in Their Eyes 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 #4,275 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #125 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #1 Canal+ España of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Canal+ España movie set. Primary genre #343 Mystery of 951 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 Secret in Their Eyes (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) earned a reported $34.0M worldwide against a reported $2.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $32.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 16.98x. In this database it currently ranks #4,275 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #125 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$33,965,843
Budget
$2,000,000
Gross minus budget
$31,965,843
ROI
16.98x
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

Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 13, 2009
Production
Canal+ España, 100 Bares, Tornasol Media
Countries
AR, ES

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Studio / production companyCanal+ España Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartMystery Genre chartThriller Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, The Secret in Their Eyes is positioned in this dataset as a Mystery, Thriller, Drama title from Canal+ España. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $34.0M, reported production budget is $2.0M, gross-minus-budget is $32.0M, ROI is 16.98x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,275 all-time in the current chart set and #125 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.