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#2,163 All-time worldwide
#63 2009 releases

Movie profile

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

2009 · 92 min · Screen Gems

Fantasy Action Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $92.2M
Budget $35.0M
Gross minus budget $57.2M
ROI 2.63x

Domestic gross

$36.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$55.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$10.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 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 #2,163 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #63 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #10 Screen Gems of 41 titles Position inside the mapped Screen Gems movie set. Franchise #4 Underworld of 5 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #369 Fantasy of 1,285 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.

#2,160 Role Models 2008 · $92.4M #2,161 Four Brothers 2005 · $92.4M #2,162 Downfall 2004 · $92.2M #2,164 Kamen Rider Build The Movie: Be The One 2018 · $92.1M #2,165 The Parent Trap 1998 · $92.1M #2,166 Dave 1993 · $92.0M

Quick answer

How did Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) earned a reported $92.2M worldwide against a reported $35.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $57.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.63x. In this database it currently ranks #2,163 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #63 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$92,158,961
Budget
$35,000,000
Gross minus budget
$57,158,961
ROI
2.63x
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 prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 22, 2009
Production
Screen Gems, Lakeshore Entertainment, Sketch Films
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyScreen Gems FranchiseUnderworld Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Action, Thriller title from Screen Gems. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $92.2M, reported production budget is $35.0M, gross-minus-budget is $57.2M, ROI is 2.63x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,163 all-time in the current chart set and #63 among 2009 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.