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#6,626 All-time worldwide
#56 1984 releases

Movie profile

Children of the Corn

1984 · 92 min · Planet Productions

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.6M
Budget $800,000
Gross minus budget $13.8M
ROI 18.21x

Domestic gross

$7.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Children of the Corn ranks

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Quick answer

How did Children of the Corn (1984) perform at the box office?

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Children of the Corn (1984) earned a reported $14.6M worldwide against a reported $800.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $13.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 18.21x. In this database it currently ranks #6,626 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #56 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,568,989
Budget
$800,000
Gross minus budget
$13,768,989
ROI
18.21x
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 traveling couple end up in an abandoned Nebraska town inhabited by a cult of murderous children who worship a demon that lives in the local cornfields.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 9, 1984
Production
Planet Productions, Angeles Entertainment Group, Cinema Group
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Children of the Corn is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Thriller title from Planet Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.6M, reported production budget is $800,000, gross-minus-budget is $13.8M, ROI is 18.21x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,626 all-time in the current chart set and #56 among 1984 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.