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#8,869 All-time worldwide
#72 1980 releases

Movie profile

Motel Hell

1980 · 102 min · Camp Hill

Comedy Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.3M
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget $3.3M
ROI 2.11x

Domestic gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Motel Hell 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 #8,869 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #72 Release-year chart position of 126 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Primary genre #3,461 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#8,863 Kushi 2023 · $6.4M #8,867 Return from Witch Mountain 1978 · $6.4M #8,868 The Sting II 1983 · $6.3M #8,870 Ivanna 2022 · $6.3M #8,871 The Unholy 1988 · $6.3M #8,872 Amityville 3-D 1983 · $6.3M

Quick answer

How did Motel Hell (1980) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Motel Hell (1980) earned a reported $6.3M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.11x. In this database it currently ranks #8,869 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #72 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,342,668
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
$3,342,668
ROI
2.11x
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

Farmer Vincent Smith and his sister Ida run a motel attached to a farm where they capture unsuspecting travelers, bury them alive, fatten them up and then harvest their bodies as ingredients for his famous brand of "smoked meats."

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 14, 1980
Production
Camp Hill, United Artists
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCamp Hill Release year chart1980 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartHorror

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, Motel Hell is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Horror title from Camp Hill. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.3M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is $3.3M, ROI is 2.11x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,869 all-time in the current chart set and #72 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.