#1,335 All-time worldwide

#4 1984 releases

Movie profile

Gremlins

Name: Gremlins
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
Released: 1984-06-08
Duration: 106 min

1984 · 106 min · Amblin Entertainment

Fantasy Horror Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $153.1M

Budget $11.0M

Gross minus budget $142.1M

ROI 13.92x

Domestic gross

$73.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$79.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$31.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Gremlins 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 #1,335 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #4 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Studio / company #11 Amblin Entertainment of 33 titles Position inside the mapped Amblin Entertainment movie set. Franchise #1 The Gremlins of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #258 Fantasy of 1,306 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 Gremlins (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Gremlins (1984) earned a reported $153.1M worldwide against a reported $11.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $142.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 13.92x. In this database it currently ranks #1,335 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #4 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross: $153,083,102
Budget: $11,000,000
Gross minus budget: $142,083,102
ROI: 13.92x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jun 8, 1984
Production: Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyAmblin Entertainment FranchiseThe Gremlins Release year chart1984 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartHorror Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Gremlins is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Horror, Comedy title from Amblin Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $153.1M, reported production budget is $11.0M, gross-minus-budget is $142.1M, ROI is 13.92x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,335 all-time in the current chart set and #4 among 1984 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.