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#9,750 All-time worldwide
#115 1987 releases

Movie profile

Near Dark

1987 · 94 min · Deg

Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.4M
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget -$1.6M
ROI 0.68x

Domestic gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$701,760

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Near Dark 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 #9,750 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #115 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #12 Deg of 15 titles Position inside the mapped Deg movie set. Primary genre #926 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.

#9,747 Captain Sabertooth and the Magical Diamond 2020 · $3.4M #9,748 3-Iron 2004 · $3.4M #9,749 Spiritual Trinity 1991 · $3.4M #9,762 Next Stop Wonderland 1998 · $3.4M #9,763 Big Shots 1987 · $3.4M #9,764 Angelique and the Sultan 1968 · $3.4M

Quick answer

How did Near Dark (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Near Dark (1987) earned a reported $3.4M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.68x. In this database it currently ranks #9,750 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #115 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,400,000
Budget
$5,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,600,000
ROI
0.68x
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 farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 2, 1987
Production
DEG, F/M, Near Dark Joint Venture
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDeg Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartHorror

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Near Dark is positioned in this dataset as a Horror title from DEG. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.4M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.6M, ROI is 0.68x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,750 all-time in the current chart set and #115 among 1987 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.