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#8,834 All-time worldwide
#193 2002 releases

Movie profile

Irreversible

2002 · 93 min · Wild Bunch

Drama Thriller Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.5M
Budget $3.5M
Gross minus budget $3.0M
ROI 1.86x

Domestic gross

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$585,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Irreversible 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 #8,834 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #193 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #8 Wild Bunch of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Wild Bunch movie set. Primary genre #3,754 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 Irreversible (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Irreversible (2002) earned a reported $6.5M worldwide against a reported $3.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.86x. In this database it currently ranks #8,834 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #193 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,500,000
Budget
$3,500,000
Gross minus budget
$3,000,000
ROI
1.86x
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 woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 22, 2002
Production
Wild Bunch, Eskwad, StudioCanal
Countries
FR

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, Irreversible is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller, Crime title from Wild Bunch. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.5M, reported production budget is $3.5M, gross-minus-budget is $3.0M, ROI is 1.86x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,834 all-time in the current chart set and #193 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.