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#10,005 All-time worldwide
#181 1999 releases

Movie profile

eXistenZ

1999 · 97 min · Alliance Atlantis

Action Thriller Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.9M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$12.1M
ROI 0.19x

Domestic gross

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$319,952

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where eXistenZ 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 #10,005 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #181 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #4 Alliance Atlantis of 7 titles Position inside the mapped Alliance Atlantis movie set. Primary genre #2,600 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.

#10,002 Rappin' 1985 · $2.9M #10,003 No Blood No Tears 2002 · $2.9M #10,004 Reservoir Dogs 1992 · $2.9M #10,006 The Man in the Moon 1991 · $2.9M #10,007 Airborne 1993 · $2.9M #10,008 The Judas Project 1993 · $2.9M

Quick answer

How did eXistenZ (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

eXistenZ (1999) earned a reported $2.9M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$12.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.19x. In this database it currently ranks #10,005 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #181 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,856,712
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$12,143,288
ROI
0.19x
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 game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 14, 1999
Production
Alliance Atlantis, Serendipity Point Films, Natural Nylon Entertainment
Countries
CA, GB, FR

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyAlliance Atlantis Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, eXistenZ is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Thriller, Science Fiction title from Alliance Atlantis. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.9M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$12.1M, ROI is 0.19x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,005 all-time in the current chart set and #181 among 1999 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.