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#7,525 All-time worldwide
#223 2011 releases

Movie profile

We Need to Talk About Kevin

2011 · 113 min · BBC Film

Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.8M
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget $3.8M
ROI 1.54x

Domestic gross

$5.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$972,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where We Need to Talk About Kevin 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 #7,525 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2011 releases #223 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2011. Studio / company #15 BBC Film of 23 titles Position inside the mapped BBC Film movie set. Primary genre #3,138 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.

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Quick answer

How did We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) perform at the box office?

High confidence

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) earned a reported $10.8M worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.54x. In this database it currently ranks #7,525 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #223 among 2011 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,800,000
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
$3,800,000
ROI
1.54x
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

After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 28, 2011
Production
BBC Film, Independent, Footprint Investment
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyBBC Film Release year chart2011 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2011, We Need to Talk About Kevin is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from BBC Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.8M, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is $3.8M, ROI is 1.54x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,525 all-time in the current chart set and #223 among 2011 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.