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#2,896 All-time worldwide
#29 1989 releases

Movie profile

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud

1989 · 85 min · Vestron Pictures

Horror Comedy Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $62.4M
Budget $49.2M
Gross minus budget $13.2M
ROI 1.27x

Domestic gross

$30.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$32.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$12.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud 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 #2,896 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #29 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Studio / company #1 Vestron Pictures of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Vestron Pictures movie set. Franchise #1 C.h.u.d. of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #264 Horror of 1,240 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.

#2,893 The Crying Game 1992 · $62.5M #2,894 The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom 2014 · $62.5M #2,895 Snow Day 2000 · $62.5M #2,897 Year One 2009 · $62.4M #2,898 Like Mike 2002 · $62.3M #2,899 28 Days 2000 · $62.2M

Quick answer

How did C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989) earned a reported $62.4M worldwide against a reported $49.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $13.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.27x. In this database it currently ranks #2,896 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #29 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$62,405,000
Budget
$49,200,000
Gross minus budget
$13,205,000
ROI
1.27x
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 military experiment to create a race of super-warriors goes awry, as legions of murderous zombies are unleashed upon a suburban neighborhood.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 5, 1989
Production
Vestron Pictures, Management Company Entertainment Group (MCEG), Lightning Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyVestron Pictures FranchiseC.h.u.d. Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartComedy Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction title from Vestron Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $62.4M, reported production budget is $49.2M, gross-minus-budget is $13.2M, ROI is 1.27x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,896 all-time in the current chart set and #29 among 1989 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.