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#4,499 All-time worldwide
#136 2009 releases

Movie profile

The Stepfather

2009 · 101 min · Screen Gems

Horror Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $31.2M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget $11.2M
ROI 1.56x

Domestic gross

$15.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$16.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Stepfather 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 #4,499 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #136 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #29 Screen Gems of 41 titles Position inside the mapped Screen Gems movie set. Primary genre #445 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.

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Quick answer

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

High confidence

The Stepfather (2009) earned a reported $31.2M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $11.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.56x. In this database it currently ranks #4,499 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #136 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$31,198,531
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
$11,198,531
ROI
1.56x
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

Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 16, 2009
Production
Screen Gems, Maverick Films, Imprint Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyScreen Gems Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, The Stepfather is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Thriller title from Screen Gems. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $31.2M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $11.2M, ROI is 1.56x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,499 all-time in the current chart set and #136 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.