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#12,717 All-time worldwide
#90 1979 releases

Movie profile

Nosferatu the Vampyre

1979 · 107 min · Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Drama Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3,451
Budget $1.4M
Gross minus budget -$1.4M
ROI 0.00x

Domestic gross

$1,656

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1,795

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$712

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Nosferatu the Vampyre 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 #12,717 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1979 releases #90 Release-year chart position of 94 titles Ranked against movies released in 1979. Studio / company #2 Werner Herzog Filmproduktion of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Werner Herzog Filmproduktion movie set. Primary genre #5,765 Drama of 5,859 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.

#12,714 The Return of the Vampires 1985 · $3,979 #12,715 Short Eyes 1977 · $3,921 #12,716 Rosy Life 1994 · $3,707 #12,718 The Truth About Cats & Dogs 1996 · $3,407 #12,719 Prince Valiant 1954 · $3,373 #12,720 The Pit and the Pendulum 1991 · $3,331

Quick answer

How did Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) earned a reported $3.5K worldwide against a reported $1.4M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.00x. In this database it currently ranks #12,717 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #90 among 1979 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,451
Budget
$1,400,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,396,549
ROI
0.00x
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 real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 17, 1979
Production
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Gaumont, ZDF
Countries
DE, FR

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1979, Nosferatu the Vampyre is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Horror title from Werner Herzog Filmproduktion. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3,451, reported production budget is $1.4M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.4M, ROI is 0.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,717 all-time in the current chart set and #90 among 1979 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.