#2,652 All-time worldwide

#8 1978 releases

Movie profile

Halloween

Name: Halloween
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 1978-10-24
Duration: 91 min

1978 · 91 min · Compass International Pictures

Horror Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $70.3M

Budget $325,000

Gross minus budget $69.9M

ROI 216.19x

Domestic gross

$33.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$36.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$14.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Halloween ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #2,652 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #8 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Franchise #5 Halloween of 11 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #243 Horror of 1,292 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.

#2,649 All the President's Men 1976 · $70.6M #2,650 Children of Men 2006 · $70.6M #2,651 The House Bunny 2008 · $70.4M #2,653 Think Like a Man Too 2014 · $70.2M #2,654 Grumpy Old Men 1993 · $70.2M #2,655 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 · $70.1M

Quick answer

How did Halloween (1978) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Halloween (1978) earned a reported $70.3M worldwide against a reported $325.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $69.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 216.19x. In this database it currently ranks #2,652 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #8 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross: $70,260,597
Budget: $325,000
Gross minus budget: $69,935,597
ROI: 216.19x

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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Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Oct 24, 1978
Production: Compass International Pictures, Falcon International Productions, Miracle Films
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCompass International Pictures FranchiseHalloween Release year chart1978 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, Halloween is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Thriller title from Compass International Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $70.3M, reported production budget is $325,000, gross-minus-budget is $69.9M, ROI is 216.19x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,652 all-time in the current chart set and #8 among 1978 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.