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#5,764 All-time worldwide
#133 2002 releases

Movie profile

S1m0ne

2002 · 117 min · Niccol Films

Science Fiction Comedy Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $19.6M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $9.6M
ROI 1.96x

Domestic gross

$9.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where S1m0ne 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 #5,764 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #133 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Primary genre #726 Science Fiction of 1,234 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 S1m0ne (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

S1m0ne (2002) earned a reported $19.6M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.96x. In this database it currently ranks #5,764 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #133 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$19,576,023
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$9,576,023
ROI
1.96x
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

The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star — the first totally believable synthetic actress.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 23, 2002
Production
Niccol Films, New Line Cinema, Jersey Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, S1m0ne is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Comedy, Drama title from Niccol Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $19.6M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $9.6M, ROI is 1.96x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,764 all-time in the current chart set and #133 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.