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#8,664 All-time worldwide
#32 1974 releases

Movie profile

It's Alive

1974 · 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 $7.1M
Budget $500,000
Gross minus budget $6.6M
ROI 14.20x

Domestic gross

$3.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where It's Alive 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 #8,664 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1974 releases #32 Release-year chart position of 72 titles Ranked against movies released in 1974. Studio / company #1 Larco Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Larco Productions movie set. Franchise #1 It's Alive of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #825 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's Alive (1974) perform at the box office?

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It's Alive (1974) earned a reported $7.1M worldwide against a reported $500.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $6.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 14.20x. In this database it currently ranks #8,664 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #32 among 1974 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,100,000
Budget
$500,000
Gross minus budget
$6,600,000
ROI
14.20x
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

The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever scared. And it's easily scared.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 26, 1974
Production
Larco Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1974, It's Alive is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction title from Larco Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.1M, reported production budget is $500,000, gross-minus-budget is $6.6M, ROI is 14.20x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,664 all-time in the current chart set and #32 among 1974 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.