Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$7.0M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$7.6M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$3.0M
Estimated from worldwide grossRanking context
Where Children of the Corn ranks
Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.Nearby worldwide ranks
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Quick answer
How did Children of the Corn (1984) perform at the box office?
High confidenceChildren 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
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.
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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.
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