#1,023 All-time worldwide

#23 2002 releases

Movie profile

The Sum of All Fears

Name: The Sum of All Fears
Genre: Thriller, Action, Drama
Released: 2002-05-31
Duration: 124 min

2002 · 124 min · Paramount Pictures

Thriller Action Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $193.9M

Budget $68.0M

Gross minus budget $125.9M

ROI 2.85x

Domestic gross

$97.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$97.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$17.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Sum of All Fears ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,023 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2002 releases #23 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2002. Studio / company #60 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Primary genre #203 Thriller of 2,634 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.

#1,020 The BFG 2016 · $195.2M #1,021 Downton Abbey 2019 · $194.7M #1,022 The Intern 2015 · $194.6M #1,024 Gangs of New York 2002 · $193.8M #1,025 The Monkey King 2 2016 · $193.7M #1,026 GOAT 2026 · $193.6M

Quick answer

How did The Sum of All Fears (2002) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Sum of All Fears (2002) earned a reported $193.9M worldwide against a reported $68.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $125.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.85x. In this database it currently ranks #1,023 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #23 among 2002 releases.

Worldwide gross: $193,921,372
Budget: $68,000,000
Gross minus budget: $125,921,372
ROI: 2.85x

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: May 31, 2002
Production: Paramount Pictures, Mace Neufeld Productions
Countries: CA, DE, US

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures Release year chart2002 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartAction Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2002, The Sum of All Fears is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Action, Drama title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $193.9M, reported production budget is $68.0M, gross-minus-budget is $125.9M, ROI is 2.85x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,023 all-time in the current chart set and #23 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.