#4,558 All-time worldwide

#10 1968 releases

Movie profile

Night of the Living Dead

Name: Night of the Living Dead
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
Released: 1968-10-04
Duration: 96 min

1968 · 96 min · Image Ten

Horror Thriller Science Fiction

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $30.2M

Budget $114,000

Gross minus budget $30.1M

ROI 265.23x

Domestic gross

$14.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$15.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Night of the Living Dead ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #4,558 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1968 releases #10 Release-year chart position of 58 titles Ranked against movies released in 1968. Franchise #4 Living Dead of 4 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #460 Horror of 1,292 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.

#4,555 Assassins 1995 · $30.3M #4,556 Far from the Madding Crowd 2015 · $30.3M #4,557 The Fighting Temptations 2003 · $30.2M #4,559 Death Note: L Change the WorLd 2008 · $30.2M #4,560 The Great Debaters 2007 · $30.2M #4,561 Weekend at Bernie's 1989 · $30.2M

Quick answer

How did Night of the Living Dead (1968) perform at the box office?

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Night of the Living Dead (1968) earned a reported $30.2M worldwide against a reported $114.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $30.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 265.23x. In this database it currently ranks #4,558 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #10 among 1968 releases.

Worldwide gross: $30,236,452
Budget: $114,000
Gross minus budget: $30,122,452
ROI: 265.23x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Oct 4, 1968
Production: Image Ten
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyImage Ten FranchiseLiving Dead Release year chart1968 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartThriller Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1968, Night of the Living Dead is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction title from Image Ten. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $30.2M, reported production budget is $114,000, gross-minus-budget is $30.1M, ROI is 265.23x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,558 all-time in the current chart set and #10 among 1968 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.