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#10,796 All-time worldwide
#69 1978 releases

Movie profile

It Lives Again

1978 · 91 min · Larco Productions

Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.5M
Budget $750,000
Gross minus budget $750,000
ROI 2.00x

Domestic gross

$720,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$780,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$309,600

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where It Lives Again 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 #10,796 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #69 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Studio / company #2 Larco Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Larco Productions movie set. Franchise #2 It's Alive of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,035 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 It Lives Again (1978) perform at the box office?

High confidence

It Lives Again (1978) earned a reported $1.5M worldwide against a reported $750.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $750.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.00x. In this database it currently ranks #10,796 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #69 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,500,000
Budget
$750,000
Gross minus budget
$750,000
ROI
2.00x
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

Maternity wards echo with the patter of tiny claws as more murderous baby-faced monsters are born. But rather than kill their monstrous offspring during delivery, cursed parents flee to secret incubation hideouts.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 10, 1978
Production
Larco Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyLarco Productions FranchiseIt's Alive Release year chart1978 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, It Lives Again is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction title from Larco Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.5M, reported production budget is $750,000, gross-minus-budget is $750,000, ROI is 2.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,796 all-time in the current chart set and #69 among 1978 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.