#3,050 All-time worldwide

#15 1984 releases

Movie profile

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Name: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Genre: Horror
Released: 1984-11-09
Duration: 91 min

1984 · 91 min · New Line Cinema

Horror

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $57.0M

Budget $1.8M

Gross minus budget $55.2M

ROI 31.67x

Domestic gross

$27.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$29.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$11.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Nightmare on Elm Street ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #3,050 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #15 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Studio / company #68 New Line Cinema of 179 titles Position inside the mapped New Line Cinema movie set. Franchise #1 A Nightmare On Elm Street of 7 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #285 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.

#3,047 The 15:17 to Paris 2018 · $57.1M #3,048 Annie 1982 · $57.1M #3,049 Beaches 1988 · $57.0M #3,051 The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob 1973 · $57.0M #3,052 All the Money in the World 2017 · $57.0M #3,053 Lake Placid 1999 · $56.9M

Quick answer

How did A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) earned a reported $57.0M worldwide against a reported $1.8M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $55.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 31.67x. In this database it currently ranks #3,050 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #15 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross: $57,004,513
Budget: $1,800,000
Gross minus budget: $55,204,513
ROI: 31.67x

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.

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Production details

Release date: Nov 9, 1984
Production: New Line Cinema, Smart Egg Pictures, Media Home Entertainment
Countries: US, GB

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, A Nightmare on Elm Street is positioned in this dataset as a Horror title from New Line Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $57.0M, reported production budget is $1.8M, gross-minus-budget is $55.2M, ROI is 31.67x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,050 all-time in the current chart set and #15 among 1984 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.