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#10,151 All-time worldwide
#46 1977 releases

Movie profile

Empire of the Ants

1977 · 89 min · Cinema 77

Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.5M
Budget $500,000
Gross minus budget $2.0M
ROI 5.00x

Domestic gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$516,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Empire of the Ants 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 #10,151 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1977 releases #46 Release-year chart position of 69 titles Ranked against movies released in 1977. Studio / company #2 Cinema 77 of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Cinema 77 movie set. Primary genre #963 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.

#10,148 Reform School Girls 1986 · $2.5M #10,149 Ridicule 1996 · $2.5M #10,150 The Black Marble 1980 · $2.5M #10,175 P.O.W. The Escape 1986 · $2.5M #10,176 Rumble Fish 1983 · $2.5M #10,177 The Stupids 1996 · $2.5M

Quick answer

How did Empire of the Ants (1977) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Empire of the Ants (1977) earned a reported $2.5M worldwide against a reported $500.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.00x. In this database it currently ranks #10,151 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #46 among 1977 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,500,000
Budget
$500,000
Gross minus budget
$2,000,000
ROI
5.00x
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 Florida real estate developer and her captain lure investors to a property in the Everglades called Dreamland Shores, under false pretenses that the swampland will soon be developed. After the group arrives on a small island, they find it has been overrun by giant mutated ants, brought on by the dumping of toxic waste in the area.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 29, 1977
Production
Cinema 77, American International Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyCinema 77 Release year chart1977 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1977, Empire of the Ants is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction title from Cinema 77. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.5M, reported production budget is $500,000, gross-minus-budget is $2.0M, ROI is 5.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,151 all-time in the current chart set and #46 among 1977 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.