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#11,884 All-time worldwide
#145 1984 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $300,000
Budget $120,000
Gross minus budget $180,000
ROI 2.50x

Domestic gross

$150,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$150,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$27,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Curse ranks

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

How did The Curse (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Curse (1984) earned a reported $300.0K worldwide against a reported $120.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $180.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.50x. In this database it currently ranks #11,884 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #145 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$300,000
Budget
$120,000
Gross minus budget
$180,000
ROI
2.50x
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

Journalist Hamdi enters the mental hospital, claiming that he is mentally disturbed to investigate a journalistic precedent by discovering the secret of the killing of a patient, who shows some changes as a result of his integration, but he reaches the killer.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 3, 1984
Production
مصر للإستوديوهات والإنتاج السينمائي
Countries
EG

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, The Curse is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Drama, Mystery title from مصر للإستوديوهات والإنتاج السينمائي. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $300,000, reported production budget is $120,000, gross-minus-budget is $180,000, ROI is 2.50x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,884 all-time in the current chart set and #145 among 1984 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.