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#8,346 All-time worldwide
#97 1988 releases

Movie profile

The Blob

1988 · 95 min · Tri Star Pictures

Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.2M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget -$1.8M
ROI 0.82x

Domestic gross

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Blob 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 #8,346 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #97 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #67 Tri Star Pictures of 96 titles Position inside the mapped Tri Star Pictures movie set. Primary genre #799 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.

#8,343 Koko Flanel 1990 · $8.3M #8,343 Delhi-6 2009 · $8.3M #8,345 Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation 2012 · $8.2M #8,347 Trumbo 2015 · $8.2M #8,348 Loose Cannons 2010 · $8.2M #8,349 Blue Steel 1990 · $8.2M

Quick answer

How did The Blob (1988) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Blob (1988) earned a reported $8.2M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.82x. In this database it currently ranks #8,346 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #97 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,247,943
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,752,057
ROI
0.82x
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

In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 5, 1988
Production
TriStar Pictures, Palisades California Inc.
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyTri Star Pictures Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, The Blob is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction title from TriStar Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.2M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.8M, ROI is 0.82x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,346 all-time in the current chart set and #97 among 1988 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.