#755 All-time worldwide

#17 2002 releases

Movie profile

The Ring

Name: The Ring
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 2002-10-18
Duration: 115 min

2002 · 115 min · Dream Works Pictures

Horror Mystery

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $249.3M

Budget $48.0M

Gross minus budget $201.3M

ROI 5.19x

Domestic gross

$119.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$129.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$51.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Ring ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #755 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #17 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #9 Dream Works Pictures of 56 titles Position inside the mapped Dream Works Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 The Ring of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #38 Horror of 1,292 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.

#752 The Bad Guys 2022 · $250.2M #753 Red Cliff 2008 · $250.1M #754 Nidja's Kitchen 2 2020 · $250.0M #756 The Blair Witch Project 1999 · $248.6M #757 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 2013 · $248.4M #758 Unbreakable 2000 · $248.1M

Quick answer

How did The Ring (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Ring (2002) earned a reported $249.3M worldwide against a reported $48.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $201.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.19x. In this database it currently ranks #755 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #17 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross: $249,348,933
Budget: $48,000,000
Gross minus budget: $201,348,933
ROI: 5.19x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Oct 18, 2002
Production: DreamWorks Pictures, BenderSpink, Parkes+MacDonald Production
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDream Works Pictures FranchiseThe Ring Release year chart2002 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartMystery

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, The Ring is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Mystery title from DreamWorks Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $249.3M, reported production budget is $48.0M, gross-minus-budget is $201.3M, ROI is 5.19x. For comparison, it currently sits #755 all-time in the current chart set and #17 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.