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#6,227 All-time worldwide
#86 1992 releases

Movie profile

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992 · 85 min · Kuzui Enterprises

Action Comedy Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $16.6M
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget $9.6M
ROI 2.37x

Domestic gross

$8.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Buffy the Vampire Slayer 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 #6,227 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1992 releases #86 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1992. Studio / company #1 Kuzui Enterprises of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Kuzui Enterprises movie set. Primary genre #1,831 Action of 2,939 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.

#6,224 The Final Countdown 1980 · $16.6M #6,225 Whip It 2009 · $16.6M #6,226 Everyone's Hero 2006 · $16.6M #6,228 Top Cat: The Movie 2011 · $16.6M #6,229 Deep Cover 1992 · $16.6M #6,229 Raise the Red Lantern 1991 · $16.6M

Quick answer

How did Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) earned a reported $16.6M worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.37x. In this database it currently ranks #6,227 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #86 among 1992 releases.

Worldwide gross
$16,624,456
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
$9,624,456
ROI
2.37x
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

Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 24, 1992
Production
Kuzui Enterprises, 20th Century Fox, Sandollar Productions
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyKuzui Enterprises Release year chart1992 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy Genre chartHorror

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1992, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy, Horror title from Kuzui Enterprises. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $16.6M, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is $9.6M, ROI is 2.37x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,227 all-time in the current chart set and #86 among 1992 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.