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#9,918 All-time worldwide
#91 1981 releases

Movie profile

Final Exam

1981 · 90 min · Motion Picture Marketing (Mpm)

Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.0M
Budget $374,000
Gross minus budget $2.6M
ROI 8.02x

Domestic gross

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$619,200

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Final Exam 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 #9,918 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #91 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Primary genre #939 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 Final Exam (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Final Exam (1981) earned a reported $3.0M worldwide against a reported $374.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 8.02x. In this database it currently ranks #9,918 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #91 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,000,000
Budget
$374,000
Gross minus budget
$2,626,000
ROI
8.02x
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

In a small college in North Carolina, only a select few students are left to take mid terms. But, when a killer strikes, it could be everyone's final exam.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 5, 1981
Production
Motion Picture Marketing (MPM), Peninsula Management Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Final Exam is positioned in this dataset as a Horror title from Motion Picture Marketing (MPM). Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.0M, reported production budget is $374,000, gross-minus-budget is $2.6M, ROI is 8.02x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,918 all-time in the current chart set and #91 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.