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#8,031 All-time worldwide
#175 2002 releases

Movie profile

Secretary

2002 · 111 min · Slough Pond

Romance Drama Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.3M
Budget $4.0M
Gross minus budget $5.3M
ROI 2.33x

Domestic gross

$4.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$837,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Secretary 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 #8,031 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #175 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Primary genre #1,508 Romance of 2,607 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 Secretary (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Secretary (2002) earned a reported $9.3M worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.33x. In this database it currently ranks #8,031 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #175 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,300,000
Budget
$4,000,000
Gross minus budget
$5,300,000
ROI
2.33x
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, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 20, 2002
Production
Slough Pond, double A Films, TwoPoundBag Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, Secretary is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama, Comedy title from Slough Pond. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.3M, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is $5.3M, ROI is 2.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,031 all-time in the current chart set and #175 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.