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#4,828 All-time worldwide
#158 2011 releases

Movie profile

A Dangerous Method

2011 · 99 min · Dangerous Method Film Ag

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $27.5M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget $12.5M
ROI 1.83x

Domestic gross

$13.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Dangerous Method 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 #4,828 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2011 releases #158 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2011. Primary genre #1,862 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 A Dangerous Method (2011) perform at the box office?

High confidence

A Dangerous Method (2011) earned a reported $27.5M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $12.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.83x. In this database it currently ranks #4,828 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #158 among 2011 releases.

Worldwide gross
$27,462,041
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
$12,462,041
ROI
1.83x
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

Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s spell.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 30, 2011
Production
Dangerous Method Film AG, Recorded Pictures Company, Millbrook Pictures
Countries
CH, GB, DE, CA

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2011, A Dangerous Method is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Dangerous Method Film AG. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $27.5M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is $12.5M, ROI is 1.83x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,828 all-time in the current chart set and #158 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.