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#6,574 All-time worldwide
#46 1980 releases

Movie profile

Prom Night

1980 · 93 min · Simcom Limited

Horror Mystery Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.8M
Budget $1.5M
Gross minus budget $13.3M
ROI 9.86x

Domestic gross

$7.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Prom Night 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 #6,574 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #46 Release-year chart position of 126 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Franchise #1 Prom Night of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #625 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.

#6,570 Soul Plane 2004 · $14.8M #6,570 A Royal Affair 2012 · $14.8M #6,573 Ladybugs 1992 · $14.8M #6,575 Surviving Christmas 2004 · $14.8M #6,576 The Space Between Us 2017 · $14.8M #6,577 Radio Days 1987 · $14.8M

Quick answer

How did Prom Night (1980) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Prom Night (1980) earned a reported $14.8M worldwide against a reported $1.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $13.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 9.86x. In this database it currently ranks #6,574 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #46 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,796,236
Budget
$1,500,000
Gross minus budget
$13,296,236
ROI
9.86x
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

At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years prior.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 18, 1980
Production
Simcom Limited, Guardian Trust Company, Prom Night Productions
Countries
CA

Related indexes

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Studio / production companySimcom Limited FranchiseProm Night Release year chart1980 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartMystery Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, Prom Night is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Mystery, Thriller title from Simcom Limited. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.8M, reported production budget is $1.5M, gross-minus-budget is $13.3M, ROI is 9.86x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,574 all-time in the current chart set and #46 among 1980 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.