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#8,223 All-time worldwide
#177 2001 releases

Movie profile

Impostor

2001 · 102 min · Dimension Films

Action Science Fiction Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.7M
Budget $40.0M
Gross minus budget -$31.3M
ROI 0.22x

Domestic gross

$3.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$973,764

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Impostor 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 #8,223 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #177 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #37 Dimension Films of 42 titles Position inside the mapped Dimension Films movie set. Primary genre #2,266 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.

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Quick answer

How did Impostor (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Impostor (2001) earned a reported $8.7M worldwide against a reported $40.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$31.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.22x. In this database it currently ranks #8,223 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #177 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,694,320
Budget
$40,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$31,305,680
ROI
0.22x
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 top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 3, 2001
Production
Dimension Films, Marty Katz Productions, Mojo Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDimension Films Release year chart2001 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, Impostor is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Science Fiction, Thriller title from Dimension Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.7M, reported production budget is $40.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$31.3M, ROI is 0.22x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,223 all-time in the current chart set and #177 among 2001 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.