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#6,643 All-time worldwide
#57 1984 releases

Movie profile

Night of the Comet

1984 · 95 min · Thomas Coleman And Michael Rosenblatt Productions

Comedy Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.4M
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget $11.4M
ROI 4.81x

Domestic gross

$6.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Night of the Comet 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 #6,643 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #57 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Primary genre #2,579 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.

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Quick answer

How did Night of the Comet (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Night of the Comet (1984) earned a reported $14.4M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $11.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.81x. In this database it currently ranks #6,643 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #57 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,418,922
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
$11,418,922
ROI
4.81x
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

After a comet wipes out most of life on Earth, two Valley Girls find themselves fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 16, 1984
Production
Thomas Coleman and Michael Rosenblatt Productions, Film Development Fund
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyThomas Coleman And Michael Rosenblatt Productions Release year chart1984 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartHorror Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Night of the Comet is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction title from Thomas Coleman and Michael Rosenblatt Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.4M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is $11.4M, ROI is 4.81x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,643 all-time in the current chart set and #57 among 1984 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.