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#7,582 All-time worldwide
#113 1993 releases

Movie profile

The Dark Half

1993 · 121 min · George A. Romero Productions

Mystery Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.6M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$4.4M
ROI 0.71x

Domestic gross

$5.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Dark Half 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 #7,582 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1993 releases #113 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1993. Primary genre #630 Mystery of 951 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.

#7,579 Moving Violations 1985 · $10.6M #7,580 Wolfen 1981 · $10.6M #7,581 Death House 2018 · $10.6M #7,583 Irina Palm 2007 · $10.6M #7,584 After Hours 1985 · $10.6M #7,585 The House on Sorority Row 1982 · $10.6M

Quick answer

How did The Dark Half (1993) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Dark Half (1993) earned a reported $10.6M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$4.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.71x. In this database it currently ranks #7,582 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #113 among 1993 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,611,160
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$4,388,840
ROI
0.71x
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

Following the public's realization that Thad Beaumont and George Stark are one and the same, the former stages a mock funeral, only for a series of gruesome murders to begin occurring as in his books.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 23, 1993
Production
George A. Romero Productions, Orion Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyGeorge A. Romero Productions Release year chart1993 box office Genre chartMystery Genre chartHorror

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1993, The Dark Half is positioned in this dataset as a Mystery, Horror title from George A. Romero Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.6M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$4.4M, ROI is 0.71x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,582 all-time in the current chart set and #113 among 1993 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.