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#8,878 All-time worldwide
#196 2003 releases

Movie profile

High Tension

2003 · 91 min · Alexandre Films

Horror Thriller Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.3M
Budget $2.5M
Gross minus budget $3.8M
ROI 2.52x

Domestic gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where High Tension 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 #8,878 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2003 releases #196 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2003. Primary genre #848 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.

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Quick answer

How did High Tension (2003) perform at the box office?

High confidence

High Tension (2003) earned a reported $6.3M worldwide against a reported $2.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.52x. In this database it currently ranks #8,878 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #196 among 2003 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,291,958
Budget
$2,500,000
Gross minus budget
$3,791,958
ROI
2.52x
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

Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 18, 2003
Production
Alexandre Films, EuropaCorp, MediaPro Pictures
Countries
FR, RO

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyAlexandre Films Release year chart2003 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartThriller Genre chartMystery

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2003, High Tension is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Thriller, Mystery title from Alexandre Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.3M, reported production budget is $2.5M, gross-minus-budget is $3.8M, ROI is 2.52x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,878 all-time in the current chart set and #196 among 2003 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.