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#12,508 All-time worldwide
#231 1988 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $40,397
Budget
Gross minus budget
ROI

Domestic gross

$19,391

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$21,006

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$8,338

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Pulse ranks

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

How did Pulse (1988) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Pulse (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $40.4K. In this database it currently ranks #12,508 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #231 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$40,397
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

An intelligent pulse of electricity moves from house to house, terrorizing occupants through their own appliances. Having already destroyed one household in a quiet neighborhood, the pulse finds itself in the home of a boy and his divorced father.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 4, 1988
Production
Aspen Film Society
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Pulse is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction title from Aspen Film Society. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $40,397. For comparison, it currently sits #12,508 all-time in the current chart set and #231 among 1988 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.