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#12,028 All-time worldwide
#125 1981 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $216,166
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget -$2.8M
ROI 0.07x

Domestic gross

$103,760

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$112,406

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$44,617

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dead & Buried ranks

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Quick answer

How did Dead & Buried (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Dead & Buried (1981) earned a reported $216.2K worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.07x. In this database it currently ranks #12,028 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #125 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$216,166
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,783,834
ROI
0.07x
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

After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 29, 1981
Production
Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Dead & Buried is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Mystery title from Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $216,166, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.8M, ROI is 0.07x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,028 all-time in the current chart set and #125 among 1981 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.