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#8,147 All-time worldwide
#136 1995 releases

Movie profile

In the Mouth of Madness

1995 · 95 min · New Line Cinema

Horror Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.9M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget $946,600
ROI 1.12x

Domestic gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where In the Mouth of Madness 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 #8,147 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1995 releases #136 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1995. Studio / company #145 New Line Cinema of 178 titles Position inside the mapped New Line Cinema movie set. Primary genre #781 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 In the Mouth of Madness (1995) perform at the box office?

High confidence

In the Mouth of Madness (1995) earned a reported $8.9M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $946.6K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.12x. In this database it currently ranks #8,147 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #136 among 1995 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,946,600
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
$946,600
ROI
1.12x
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

An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 3, 1995
Production
New Line Cinema
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyNew Line Cinema Release year chart1995 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartMystery

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1995, In the Mouth of Madness is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Mystery title from New Line Cinema. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.9M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is $946,600, ROI is 1.12x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,147 all-time in the current chart set and #136 among 1995 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.