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#3,961 All-time worldwide
#118 2009 releases

Movie profile

The Soloist

2009 · 117 min · Dream Works Pictures

Drama Music
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $38.3M
Budget $60.0M
Gross minus budget -$21.7M
ROI 0.64x

Domestic gross

$19.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$19.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Soloist 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 #3,961 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #118 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #40 Dream Works Pictures of 55 titles Position inside the mapped Dream Works Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,465 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.

#3,958 The Missing 2003 · $38.4M #3,959 Boruto: Naruto the Movie 2015 · $38.4M #3,960 City Heat 1984 · $38.3M #3,962 Million Dollar Arm 2014 · $38.3M #3,963 Higher Learning 1995 · $38.3M #3,964 The Original Kings of Comedy 2000 · $38.3M

Quick answer

How did The Soloist (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Soloist (2009) earned a reported $38.3M worldwide against a reported $60.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$21.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.64x. In this database it currently ranks #3,961 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #118 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$38,332,994
Budget
$60,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$21,667,006
ROI
0.64x
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 Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 24, 2009
Production
DreamWorks Pictures, Universal Pictures, StudioCanal
Countries
FR, US, GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDream Works Pictures Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartMusic

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, The Soloist is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Music title from DreamWorks Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $38.3M, reported production budget is $60.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$21.7M, ROI is 0.64x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,961 all-time in the current chart set and #118 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.