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#2,847 All-time worldwide
#100 2015 releases

Movie profile

The Lazarus Effect

2015 · 83 min · Lionsgate

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $64.1M
Budget $3.3M
Gross minus budget $60.8M
ROI 19.43x

Domestic gross

$30.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$33.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$13.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Lazarus Effect ranks

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Quick answer

How did The Lazarus Effect (2015) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Lazarus Effect (2015) earned a reported $64.1M worldwide against a reported $3.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $60.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 19.43x. In this database it currently ranks #2,847 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #100 among 2015 releases.

Worldwide gross
$64,110,728
Budget
$3,300,000
Gross minus budget
$60,810,728
ROI
19.43x
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

Medical researcher Frank, his fiancee Zoe and their team have achieved the impossible: they have found a way to revive the dead. After a successful, but unsanctioned, experiment on a lifeless animal, they are ready to make their work public. However, when their dean learns what they've done, he shuts them down. Zoe is killed during an attempt to recreate the experiment, leading Frank to test the process on her. Zoe is revived -- but something evil is within her.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 29, 2015
Production
Lionsgate, Blumhouse Productions, Chapter One Films
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2015, The Lazarus Effect is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller title from Lionsgate. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $64.1M, reported production budget is $3.3M, gross-minus-budget is $60.8M, ROI is 19.43x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,847 all-time in the current chart set and #100 among 2015 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.