#3,111 All-time worldwide

#9 1978 releases

Movie profile

Dawn of the Dead

Name: Dawn of the Dead
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1978-09-02
Duration: 127 min

1978 · 127 min · Dawn Associates

Horror Science Fiction

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $55.0M

Budget $640,000

Gross minus budget $54.4M

ROI 85.94x

Domestic gross

$26.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$28.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$11.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dawn of the Dead ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #3,111 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #9 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Franchise #1 Living Dead of 4 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #292 Horror of 1,292 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.

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Quick answer

How did Dawn of the Dead (1978) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Dawn of the Dead (1978) earned a reported $55.0M worldwide against a reported $640.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $54.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 85.94x. In this database it currently ranks #3,111 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #9 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross: $55,000,000
Budget: $640,000
Gross minus budget: $54,360,000
ROI: 85.94x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Sep 2, 1978
Production: Dawn Associates, Laurel Entertainment
Countries: IT, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDawn Associates FranchiseLiving Dead Release year chart1978 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, Dawn of the Dead is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction title from Dawn Associates. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $55.0M, reported production budget is $640,000, gross-minus-budget is $54.4M, ROI is 85.94x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,111 all-time in the current chart set and #9 among 1978 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.