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#8,798 All-time worldwide
#76 1983 releases

Movie profile

Nightmares

1983 · 99 min · Universal Pictures

Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.7M
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Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$3.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Nightmares 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 #8,798 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #76 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Studio / company #311 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #838 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.

#8,795 Fragile 2005 · $6.7M #8,796 The Tiger of Santa Julia 2002 · $6.7M #8,797 Hairspray 1988 · $6.7M #8,799 One Missed Call 3: Final 2006 · $6.7M #8,800 The Myth 2005 · $6.7M #8,801 Masquerade 2022 · $6.7M

Quick answer

How did Nightmares (1983) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Nightmares (1983) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $6.7M. In this database it currently ranks #8,798 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #76 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,670,680
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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 collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In the third a small town priest loses his faith and decides to leave town, but in the desert is stalked by a mysterious black pick-up truck. In the final story, a family's problem with a rat is larger than they think.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 2, 1983
Production
Universal Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart1983 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, Nightmares is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.7M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,798 all-time in the current chart set and #76 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.