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#8,347 All-time worldwide
#245 2015 releases

Movie profile

Trumbo

2015 · 124 min · Shivhans Pictures

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.2M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$6.8M
ROI 0.55x

Domestic gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$741,210

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Trumbo 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 #8,347 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2015 releases #245 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2015. Studio / company #2 Shivhans Pictures of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Shivhans Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,525 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.

#8,343 Delhi-6 2009 · $8.3M #8,345 Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation 2012 · $8.2M #8,346 The Blob 1988 · $8.2M #8,348 Loose Cannons 2010 · $8.2M #8,349 Blue Steel 1990 · $8.2M #8,350 Senna 2010 · $8.2M

Quick answer

How did Trumbo (2015) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Trumbo (2015) earned a reported $8.2M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$6.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.55x. In this database it currently ranks #8,347 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #245 among 2015 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,235,661
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$6,764,339
ROI
0.55x
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

The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 27, 2015
Production
Shivhans Pictures, Groundswell Productions, Inimitable Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2015, Trumbo is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Shivhans Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.2M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$6.8M, ROI is 0.55x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,347 all-time in the current chart set and #245 among 2015 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.