Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$236,427
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$354,640
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$66,200
Estimated from worldwide grossRanking context
Where City of the Living Dead ranks
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How did City of the Living Dead (1980) perform at the box office?
Medium confidenceCity of the Living Dead (1980) earned a reported $591.1K worldwide against a reported $400.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $191.1K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.48x. In this database it currently ranks #11,559 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #110 among 1980 releases.
- Worldwide gross
- $591,067
- Budget
- $400,000
- Gross minus budget
- $191,067
- ROI
- 1.48x
Synopsis
Story
A psychic seemingly dies of fright during a séance where she sees a vision of a Dunwich priest hanging himself in a church cemetery. New York City reporter Peter Bell investigates and learns that the priest's suicide has somehow opened a portal to Hell that must be sealed by All Saints Day, or else the dead will overtake humanity.
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Why this movie matters
Released in 1980, City of the Living Dead is positioned in this dataset as a movie title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $591,067, reported production budget is $400,000, gross-minus-budget is $191,067, ROI is 1.48x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,559 all-time in the current chart set and #110 among 1980 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.
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