This transaction, AIG argued, prevented them from recouping losses from insured banks. He turned to privateering as a means of recouping these losses. He turns to Danielle for help in recouping his losses. Many companies reported recouping their costs within a year as a result of improved production. Ivan accepts, and sets about recouping his losses. It grossed over $261 million worldwide, recouping its $117 million budget. The cars sold poorly and came nowhere near to recouping the company's investment. The film grossed in India on its opening weekend, recouping most of its budget. The film, however, was not a financial success in theaters, roughly recouping its budget. The film was a financial success, recouping its budget in two weeks. It was regarded as a box-office failure, recouping less than its budget. This is what can be characterized as recouping it in its positivity.