Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$1.4M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$1.6M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$619,200
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Where Tentacles ranks
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How did Tentacles (1977) perform at the box office?
High confidenceTentacles (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
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...
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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.
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