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#11,042 All-time worldwide
#107 1981 releases

Movie profile

Possession

1981 · 124 min · Gaumont

Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.2M
Budget $2.4M
Gross minus budget -$1.2M
ROI 0.50x

Domestic gross

$576,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$624,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$247,680

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Possession 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 #11,042 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #107 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Studio / company #29 Gaumont of 34 titles Position inside the mapped Gaumont movie set. Primary genre #1,061 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 Possession (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Possession (1981) earned a reported $1.2M worldwide against a reported $2.4M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.50x. In this database it currently ranks #11,042 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #107 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,200,000
Budget
$2,400,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,200,000
ROI
0.50x
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 young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 27, 1981
Production
Gaumont, Oliane Productions, Marianne Productions
Countries
FR, DE

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Studio / production companyGaumont Release year chart1981 box office Genre chartHorror

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Possession is positioned in this dataset as a Horror title from Gaumont. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.2M, reported production budget is $2.4M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.2M, ROI is 0.50x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,042 all-time in the current chart set and #107 among 1981 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.