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#11,575 All-time worldwide
#73 1978 releases

Movie profile

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!

1978 · 87 min · Four Square Productions

Comedy Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $567,000
Budget $100,420
Gross minus budget $466,580
ROI 5.65x

Domestic gross

$272,160

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$294,840

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$117,029

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! 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 #11,575 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #73 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Franchise #2 Killer Tomatoes! of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #4,405 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#11,571 Forever Fever 1998 · $570,000 #11,571 Crystal 1993 · $570,000 #11,574 The Young Hero of Shaolin 1984 · $567,107 #11,576 The Hand 1981 · $566,736 #11,577 Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 1998 · $565,592 #11,578 Steel Dawn 1987 · $562,187

Quick answer

How did Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) perform at the box office?

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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) earned a reported $567.0K worldwide against a reported $100.4K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $466.6K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.65x. In this database it currently ranks #11,575 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #73 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross
$567,000
Budget
$100,420
Gross minus budget
$466,580
ROI
5.65x
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

After a wave of reports of mysterious attacks involving people and pets being eaten by the traditionally docile fruit, a special government task force is set up to investigate the violent fruit and put a stop to their murderous spree.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 4, 1978
Production
Four Square Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction title from Four Square Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $567,000, reported production budget is $100,420, gross-minus-budget is $466,580, ROI is 5.65x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,575 all-time in the current chart set and #73 among 1978 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.