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#5,140 All-time worldwide
#154 2010 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $24.2M
Budget $30.0M
Gross minus budget -$5.8M
ROI 0.81x

Domestic gross

$12.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$12.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Way Back ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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Quick answer

How did The Way Back (2010) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Way Back (2010) earned a reported $24.2M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$5.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.81x. In this database it currently ranks #5,140 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #154 among 2010 releases.

Worldwide gross
$24,172,201
Budget
$30,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$5,827,799
ROI
0.81x
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 small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 22, 2010
Production
Exclusive Media, National Geographic Films, Image Nation Abu Dhabi
Countries
PL, AE, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2010, The Way Back is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Adventure, History title from Exclusive Media. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $24.2M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$5.8M, ROI is 0.81x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,140 all-time in the current chart set and #154 among 2010 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.