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#6,667 All-time worldwide
#69 1989 releases

Movie profile

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

1989 · 100 min · Paramount Pictures

Horror Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.3M
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget $9.3M
ROI 2.87x

Domestic gross

$6.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 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 #6,667 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #69 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Studio / company #272 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Franchise #11 Friday The 13Th of 11 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #637 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 Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) earned a reported $14.3M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.87x. In this database it currently ranks #6,667 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #69 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,343,976
Budget
$5,000,000
Gross minus budget
$9,343,976
ROI
2.87x
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

Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 28, 1989
Production
Paramount Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures FranchiseFriday The 13Th Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Thriller title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.3M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $9.3M, ROI is 2.87x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,667 all-time in the current chart set and #69 among 1989 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.