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#5,313 All-time worldwide
#158 2008 releases

Movie profile

U2 3D

2008 · 85 min · 3Ality Digital Entertainment

Music Documentary
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22.7M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget $7.7M
ROI 1.52x

Domestic gross

$9.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where U2 3D 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 #5,313 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2008 releases #158 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2008. Primary genre #162 Music of 561 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 U2 3D (2008) perform at the box office?

High confidence

U2 3D (2008) earned a reported $22.7M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.52x. In this database it currently ranks #5,313 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #158 among 2008 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,730,842
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
$7,730,842
ROI
1.52x
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 3-D presentation of U2's global "Vertigo" tour. Shot at seven different shows, this production employs the greatest number of 3-D cameras ever used for a single project.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 23, 2008
Production
3ality Digital Entertainment, National Geographic
Countries
US

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2008, U2 3D is positioned in this dataset as a Music, Documentary title from 3ality Digital Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.7M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is $7.7M, ROI is 1.52x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,313 all-time in the current chart set and #158 among 2008 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.