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#5,852 All-time worldwide
#137 2002 releases

Movie profile

FearDotCom

2002 · 101 min · Mdp Worldwide

Horror Thriller Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.9M
Budget $40.0M
Gross minus budget -$21.1M
ROI 0.47x

Domestic gross

$9.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where FearDotCom 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 #5,852 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #137 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #1 Mdp Worldwide of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Mdp Worldwide movie set. Primary genre #558 Horror of 1,240 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.

#5,849 The Man Who Wasn't There 2001 · $18.9M #5,850 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 2001 · $18.9M #5,851 The Odd Couple II 1998 · $18.9M #5,853 Steamboy 2004 · $18.9M #5,853 The Pioneer 2021 · $18.9M #5,855 An Officer and a Spy 2019 · $18.9M

Quick answer

How did FearDotCom (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

FearDotCom (2002) earned a reported $18.9M worldwide against a reported $40.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$21.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.47x. In this database it currently ranks #5,852 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #137 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$18,902,015
Budget
$40,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$21,097,985
ROI
0.47x
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

When four bodies are discovered among the industrial decay and urban grime of New York City, brash young detective Mike Reilly teams with ambitious Department of Health researcher Terry Huston to uncover the cause behind their violent and inexplicable deaths. The only common factor shared by the victims? Each died exactly 48 hours after logging onto a website called feardotcom.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 9, 2002
Production
MDP Worldwide, ApolloMedia, Fear.com Productions
Countries
US, GB, DE, LU

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, FearDotCom is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Thriller, Crime title from MDP Worldwide. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.9M, reported production budget is $40.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$21.1M, ROI is 0.47x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,852 all-time in the current chart set and #137 among 2002 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.