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#10,178 All-time worldwide
#115 1984 releases

Movie profile

Silent Night, Deadly Night

1984 · 79 min · Slayride

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.5M
Budget $1.1M
Gross minus budget $1.4M
ROI 2.34x

Domestic gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$514,237

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Silent Night, Deadly Night ranks

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Quick answer

How did Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) perform at the box office?

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Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) earned a reported $2.5M worldwide against a reported $1.1M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.34x. In this database it currently ranks #10,178 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #115 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,491,460
Budget
$1,065,000
Gross minus budget
$1,426,460
ROI
2.34x
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

After a man dressed as Santa Claus brutally murders Billy Chapman's parents, little Billy then endures the cruelty of a sadistic nun at his orphanage. Years later, when adult Billy has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa, his childhood trauma brings him to the breaking point.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 9, 1984
Production
Slayride
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, Silent Night, Deadly Night is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Horror title from Slayride. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.5M, reported production budget is $1.1M, gross-minus-budget is $1.4M, ROI is 2.34x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,178 all-time in the current chart set and #115 among 1984 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.