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#6,786 All-time worldwide
#151 2001 releases

Movie profile

The Experiment

2001 · 120 min · Fanes Film

Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $13.8M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$6.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Experiment 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 #6,786 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #151 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Studio / company #1 Fanes Film of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Fanes Film movie set. Primary genre #2,793 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 The Experiment (2001) perform at the box office?

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The Experiment (2001) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $13.8M. In this database it currently ranks #6,786 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #151 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$13,782,896
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 8, 2001
Production
Fanes Film, Typhoon Film, Senator Film
Countries
DE

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyFanes Film Release year chart2001 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, The Experiment is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from Fanes Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $13.8M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,786 all-time in the current chart set and #151 among 2001 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.