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#12,354 All-time worldwide
#31 1962 releases

Movie profile

The Trial

1962 · 119 min · Hisa Film

Crime Drama Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $94,243
Budget $1.3M
Gross minus budget -$1.2M
ROI 0.07x

Domestic gross

$47,122

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$47,121

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$8,482

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Trial 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 #12,354 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1962 releases #31 Release-year chart position of 36 titles Ranked against movies released in 1962. Primary genre #1,867 Crime of 1,921 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.

#12,351 The Holy Mountain 1973 · $96,262 #12,352 Dearest Executioners 1977 · $95,000 #12,353 Kung Fu Vampire 1993 · $94,680 #12,355 Esmeralda Bay 1989 · $94,104 #12,356 I Love a Man in Uniform 1993 · $93,623 #12,357 A Man Called Sarge 1990 · $92,874

Quick answer

How did The Trial (1962) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Trial (1962) earned a reported $94.2K worldwide against a reported $1.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.07x. In this database it currently ranks #12,354 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #31 among 1962 releases.

Worldwide gross
$94,243
Budget
$1,300,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,205,757
ROI
0.07x
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

Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 25, 1962
Production
Hisa-Film, Paris-Europa Productions, Finanziaria Cinematografica Italiana (FICIT)
Countries
FR, DE, IT

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Studio / production companyHisa Film Release year chart1962 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartMystery

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1962, The Trial is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Mystery title from Hisa-Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $94,243, reported production budget is $1.3M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.2M, ROI is 0.07x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,354 all-time in the current chart set and #31 among 1962 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.