#2,266 All-time worldwide

#11 1979 releases

Movie profile

The Amityville Horror

Name: The Amityville Horror
Genre: Horror
Released: 1979-07-27
Duration: 118 min

1979 · 118 min · American International Pictures

Horror

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $86.4M

Budget $4.7M

Gross minus budget $81.7M

ROI 18.39x

Domestic gross

$41.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$44.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$17.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Amityville Horror ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #2,266 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1979 releases #11 Release-year chart position of 92 titles Ranked against movies released in 1979. Studio / company #1 American International Pictures of 13 titles Position inside the mapped American International Pictures movie set. Franchise #2 The Amityville of 4 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #194 Horror of 1,292 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.

#2,263 Romancing the Stone 1984 · $86.6M #2,264 Tears of the Sun 2003 · $86.5M #2,265 Robin Hood 2018 · $86.5M #2,267 A Million Ways to Die in the West 2014 · $86.4M #2,268 Dinner for Schmucks 2010 · $86.4M #2,269 Sky High 2005 · $86.4M

Quick answer

How did The Amityville Horror (1979) perform at the box office?

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The Amityville Horror (1979) earned a reported $86.4M worldwide against a reported $4.7M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $81.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 18.39x. In this database it currently ranks #2,266 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #11 among 1979 releases.

Worldwide gross: $86,432,488
Budget: $4,700,000
Gross minus budget: $81,732,488
ROI: 18.39x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jul 27, 1979
Production: American International Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyAmerican International Pictures FranchiseThe Amityville Release year chart1979 box office Genre chartHorror

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1979, The Amityville Horror is positioned in this dataset as a Horror title from American International Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $86.4M, reported production budget is $4.7M, gross-minus-budget is $81.7M, ROI is 18.39x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,266 all-time in the current chart set and #11 among 1979 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.