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#4,999 All-time worldwide
#34 1981 releases

Movie profile

Halloween II

1981 · 92 min · The De Laurentiis Company

Horror Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $25.5M
Budget $2.5M
Gross minus budget $23.0M
ROI 10.21x

Domestic gross

$12.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Halloween II 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 #4,999 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #34 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Studio / company #8 The De Laurentiis Company of 22 titles Position inside the mapped The De Laurentiis Company movie set. Franchise #7 Halloween of 11 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #482 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.

#4,996 Apollo 18 2011 · $25.6M #4,997 Funny Farm 1988 · $25.5M #4,998 The Muppets Take Manhattan 1984 · $25.5M #5,000 Look Who's Back 2015 · $25.5M #5,001 All About the Benjamins 2002 · $25.5M #5,002 Mimic 1997 · $25.5M

Quick answer

How did Halloween II (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Halloween II (1981) earned a reported $25.5M worldwide against a reported $2.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $23.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 10.21x. In this database it currently ranks #4,999 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #34 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$25,533,818
Budget
$2,500,000
Gross minus budget
$23,033,818
ROI
10.21x
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

After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 30, 1981
Production
The De Laurentiis Company
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyThe De Laurentiis Company FranchiseHalloween Release year chart1981 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Halloween II is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Thriller title from The De Laurentiis Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $25.5M, reported production budget is $2.5M, gross-minus-budget is $23.0M, ROI is 10.21x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,999 all-time in the current chart set and #34 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.