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#5,572 All-time worldwide
#38 1983 releases

Movie profile

The Dead Zone

1983 · 103 min · The De Laurentiis Company

Thriller Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $20.8M
Budget $10.0M
Gross minus budget $10.8M
ROI 2.08x

Domestic gross

$10.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Dead Zone 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 #5,572 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #38 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Studio / company #10 The De Laurentiis Company of 22 titles Position inside the mapped The De Laurentiis Company movie set. Primary genre #1,280 Thriller of 2,567 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 Dead Zone (1983) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Dead Zone (1983) earned a reported $20.8M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $10.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.08x. In this database it currently ranks #5,572 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #38 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$20,766,616
Budget
$10,000,000
Gross minus budget
$10,766,616
ROI
2.08x
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

Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 21, 1983
Production
The De Laurentiis Company, Lorimar Motion Pictures
Countries
US, CA

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, The Dead Zone is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction title from The De Laurentiis Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $20.8M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is $10.8M, ROI is 2.08x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,572 all-time in the current chart set and #38 among 1983 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.