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#2,531 All-time worldwide
#12 1983 releases

Movie profile

Michael Jackson's Thriller

1983 · 14 min · Box Office Data

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $76.0M
Budget $500,000
Gross minus budget $75.5M
ROI 152.00x

Domestic gross

$30.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$45.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$8.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Michael Jackson's Thriller 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 #2,531 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #12 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#2,528 Kate & Leopold 2001 · $76.0M #2,529 West Side Story 2021 · $76.0M #2,530 iPartment 2018 · $76.0M #2,536 Widows 2018 · $76.0M #2,537 The Pink Panther 2 2009 · $75.9M #2,538 Sicario: Day of the Soldado 2018 · $75.8M

Quick answer

How did Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983) perform at the box office?

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Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983) earned a reported $76.0M worldwide against a reported $500.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $75.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 152.00x. In this database it currently ranks #2,531 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #12 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$76,000,000
Budget
$500,000
Gross minus budget
$75,500,000
ROI
152.00x
Source: FilmDB. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. 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 night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies. Released at the height of Thriller’s success, the short film redefined the music video, broke racial barriers, and became the first inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry.

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, Michael Jackson's Thriller is positioned in this dataset as a movie title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $76.0M, reported production budget is $500,000, gross-minus-budget is $75.5M, ROI is 152.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,531 all-time in the current chart set and #12 among 1983 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.