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#7,760 All-time worldwide
#59 1980 releases

Movie profile

Maniac

1980 · 88 min · Magnum Motion Pictures Inc.

Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.0M
Budget $350,000
Gross minus budget $9.7M
ROI 28.57x

Domestic gross

$4.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Maniac 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 #7,760 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #59 Release-year chart position of 126 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Studio / company #1 Magnum Motion Pictures Inc. of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Magnum Motion Pictures Inc. movie set. Primary genre #750 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 Maniac (1980) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Maniac (1980) earned a reported $10.0M worldwide against a reported $350.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 28.57x. In this database it currently ranks #7,760 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #59 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,000,000
Budget
$350,000
Gross minus budget
$9,650,000
ROI
28.57x
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

A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, kills and mutilates young women and local models on the streets of New York City.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 14, 1980
Production
Magnum Motion Pictures Inc., MPO Videotronics
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMagnum Motion Pictures Inc. Release year chart1980 box office Genre chartHorror

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, Maniac is positioned in this dataset as a Horror title from Magnum Motion Pictures Inc. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.0M, reported production budget is $350,000, gross-minus-budget is $9.7M, ROI is 28.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,760 all-time in the current chart set and #59 among 1980 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.