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#2,364 All-time worldwide
#73 2008 releases

Movie profile

The Strangers

2008 · 86 min · Intrepid Pictures

Horror Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $83.1M
Budget $9.0M
Gross minus budget $74.1M
ROI 9.23x

Domestic gross

$39.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$43.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$17.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Strangers 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 #2,364 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #73 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Studio / company #1 Intrepid Pictures of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Intrepid Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 The Strangers of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #201 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.

#2,361 Oceans 2010 · $83.1M #2,362 Rings 2017 · $83.1M #2,363 In Her Shoes 2005 · $83.1M #2,365 Suck Me Shakespeer 2 2015 · $83.0M #2,366 No Hard Feelings 2023 · $83.0M #2,367 Savages 2012 · $83.0M

Quick answer

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

High confidence

The Strangers (2008) earned a reported $83.1M worldwide against a reported $9.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $74.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 9.23x. In this database it currently ranks #2,364 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #73 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$83,051,676
Budget
$9,000,000
Gross minus budget
$74,051,676
ROI
9.23x
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

After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 29, 2008
Production
Intrepid Pictures, Rogue Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, The Strangers is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Thriller title from Intrepid Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $83.1M, reported production budget is $9.0M, gross-minus-budget is $74.1M, ROI is 9.23x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,364 all-time in the current chart set and #73 among 2008 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.