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#8,494 All-time worldwide
#70 1982 releases

Movie profile

The Beast Within

1982 · 98 min · Katzka

Horror Fantasy Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.7M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$3.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Beast Within ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #8,494 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1982 releases #70 Release-year chart position of 157 titles Ranked against movies released in 1982. Primary genre #812 Horror of 1,240 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.

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Quick answer

How did The Beast Within (1982) perform at the box office?

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The Beast Within (1982) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $7.7M. In this database it currently ranks #8,494 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #70 among 1982 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,742,572
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

A horrified teen mutates into a crazed cannibalistic swamp creature, and must uncover the terrifying secret identity of his father before his nasty natural tendencies force him to make jambalaya out of the locals.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 12, 1982
Production
Katzka, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyKatzka Release year chart1982 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartFantasy Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1982, The Beast Within is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction title from Katzka. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.7M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,494 all-time in the current chart set and #70 among 1982 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.