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#6,237 All-time worldwide
#182 2010 releases

Movie profile

Tomorrow, When the War Began

2010 · 103 min · Omnilab Media

Action Adventure Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $16.5M
Budget $27.0M
Gross minus budget -$10.5M
ROI 0.61x

Domestic gross

$8.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Tomorrow, When the War Began 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 #6,237 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2010 releases #182 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2010. Studio / company #2 Omnilab Media of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Omnilab Media movie set. Primary genre #1,835 Action of 2,939 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 Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010) perform at the box office?

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Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010) earned a reported $16.5M worldwide against a reported $27.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$10.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.61x. In this database it currently ranks #6,237 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #182 among 2010 releases.

Worldwide gross
$16,533,595
Budget
$27,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$10,466,405
ROI
0.61x
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

Ellie Linton, a teen from an Australian coastal town, leads her friends on an excursion to a camp deep in the woods, dubbed "Hell." Upon their return, the youths find that their town has been overrun by an enemy army, and their friends and family have been imprisoned. When the hostile invaders become alerted to their presence, Ellie and her friends band together to escape -- and strike back against -- this mysterious enemy.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 8, 2010
Production
Omnilab Media, Ambience Entertainment
Countries
AU

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2010, Tomorrow, When the War Began is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Drama title from Omnilab Media. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $16.5M, reported production budget is $27.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$10.5M, ROI is 0.61x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,237 all-time in the current chart set and #182 among 2010 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.