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#6,004 All-time worldwide
#179 2009 releases

Movie profile

Whiteout

2009 · 101 min · Dark Castle Entertainment

Action Crime Mystery Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.0M
Budget $40.0M
Gross minus budget -$22.0M
ROI 0.45x

Domestic gross

$7.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Whiteout 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 #6,004 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #179 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #7 Dark Castle Entertainment of 10 titles Position inside the mapped Dark Castle Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #1,779 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 Whiteout (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Whiteout (2009) earned a reported $18.0M worldwide against a reported $40.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$22.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.45x. In this database it currently ranks #6,004 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #179 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,976,667
Budget
$40,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$22,023,333
ROI
0.45x
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 only U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, Carrie Stetko will soon leave the harsh environment behind for good – in three days, the sun will set and the Amundsen-Scott Research Station will shut down for the long winter. When a body is discovered out on the open ice, Carrie's investigation into the continent's first homicide plunges her deep into a mystery that may cost her her own life.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 9, 2009
Production
Dark Castle Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDark Castle Entertainment Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartMystery Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Whiteout is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Mystery title from Dark Castle Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.0M, reported production budget is $40.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$22.0M, ROI is 0.45x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,004 all-time in the current chart set and #179 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.