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#8,685 All-time worldwide
#40 1977 releases

Movie profile

Eraserhead

1977 · 89 min · Afi

Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.0M
Budget $100,000
Gross minus budget $6.9M
ROI 70.00x

Domestic gross

$3.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Eraserhead 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 #8,685 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1977 releases #40 Release-year chart position of 69 titles Ranked against movies released in 1977. Primary genre #827 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.

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Quick answer

How did Eraserhead (1977) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Eraserhead (1977) earned a reported $7.0M worldwide against a reported $100.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $6.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 70.00x. In this database it currently ranks #8,685 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #40 among 1977 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,000,000
Budget
$100,000
Gross minus budget
$6,900,000
ROI
70.00x
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

First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 28, 1977
Production
AFI
Countries
US

Related indexes

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

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1977, Eraserhead is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction title from AFI. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.0M, reported production budget is $100,000, gross-minus-budget is $6.9M, ROI is 70.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,685 all-time in the current chart set and #40 among 1977 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.