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#9,661 All-time worldwide
#160 1996 releases

Movie profile

The Trigger Effect

1996 · 94 min · Gramercy Pictures

Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.6M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget -$4.4M
ROI 0.45x

Domestic gross

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$324,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Trigger Effect 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 #9,661 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #160 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Studio / company #3 Gramercy Pictures of 7 titles Position inside the mapped Gramercy Pictures movie set. Primary genre #4,177 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 Trigger Effect (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Trigger Effect (1996) earned a reported $3.6M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$4.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.45x. In this database it currently ranks #9,661 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #160 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,600,000
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$4,400,000
ROI
0.45x
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 blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 30, 1996
Production
Gramercy Pictures, Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyGramercy Pictures Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, The Trigger Effect is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from Gramercy Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.6M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$4.4M, ROI is 0.45x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,661 all-time in the current chart set and #160 among 1996 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.