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#9,918 All-time worldwide
#43 1977 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.0M
Budget $750,000
Gross minus budget $2.3M
ROI 4.00x

Domestic gross

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$619,200

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Tentacles ranks

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Quick answer

How did Tentacles (1977) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Tentacles (1977) earned a reported $3.0M worldwide against a reported $750.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.00x. In this database it currently ranks #9,918 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #43 among 1977 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,000,000
Budget
$750,000
Gross minus budget
$2,250,000
ROI
4.00x
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

Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton, even the marrow is missing. The scientists have no idea which animal could do such things. Dr. Turner begins to suspect that the company which builds a tunnel beneath the bay might have poisoned the environment and caused an octopus to mutate to giant dimensions...

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 25, 1977
Production
American International Pictures, Esse Ci Cinematografica
Countries
IT, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1977, Tentacles is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction, Adventure title from American International Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.0M, reported production budget is $750,000, gross-minus-budget is $2.3M, ROI is 4.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,918 all-time in the current chart set and #43 among 1977 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.