Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$5.1M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$5.1M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$910,236
Estimated from worldwide grossRanking context
Where Possession ranks
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Quick answer
How did Possession (2002) perform at the box office?
High confidencePossession (2002) earned a reported $10.1M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$14.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.40x. In this database it currently ranks #7,722 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #170 among 2002 releases.
- Worldwide gross
- $10,113,733
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Gross minus budget
- -$14,886,267
- ROI
- 0.40x
Synopsis
Story
Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.
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Why this movie matters
Released in 2002, Possession is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Mystery, Romance title from Focus Features. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.1M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$14.9M, ROI is 0.40x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,722 all-time in the current chart set and #170 among 2002 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.
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