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#6,142 All-time worldwide
#85 1992 releases

Movie profile

Pet Sematary II

1992 · 100 min · Paramount Pictures

Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.1M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget $9.1M
ROI 2.14x

Domestic gross

$8.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Pet Sematary II 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 #6,142 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1992 releases #85 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1992. Studio / company #256 Paramount Pictures of 424 titles Position inside the mapped Paramount Pictures movie set. Franchise #2 Pet Sematary of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #581 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.

#6,139 Hipsters 2008 · $17.1M #6,140 The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch 2008 · $17.1M #6,141 Rushmore 1998 · $17.1M #6,143 Firestarter 1984 · $17.1M #6,144 Jason X 2001 · $17.1M #6,145 Norm of the North 2016 · $17.1M

Quick answer

How did Pet Sematary II (1992) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Pet Sematary II (1992) earned a reported $17.1M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.14x. In this database it currently ranks #6,142 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #85 among 1992 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,092,453
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
$9,092,453
ROI
2.14x
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

The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy coping with an abusive stepfather.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 28, 1992
Production
Paramount Pictures, Columbus Circle Films
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyParamount Pictures FranchisePet Sematary Release year chart1992 box office Genre chartHorror

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1992, Pet Sematary II is positioned in this dataset as a Horror title from Paramount Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.1M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is $9.1M, ROI is 2.14x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,142 all-time in the current chart set and #85 among 1992 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.