#10,430 All-time worldwide

#23 1961 releases

Movie profile

The Pit and the Pendulum

Name: The Pit and the Pendulum
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Drama
Released: 1961-08-12
Duration: 80 min

1961 · 80 min · Alta Vista Productions

Horror Mystery Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $2.0M

Budget $200,000

Gross minus budget $1.8M

ROI 10.00x

Domestic gross

$960,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$412,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Pit and the Pendulum ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,430 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1961 releases #23 Release-year chart position of 44 titles Ranked against movies released in 1961. Studio / company #3 Alta Vista Productions of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Alta Vista Productions movie set. Primary genre #1,005 Horror of 1,292 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.

#10,427 The Man from Elysian Fields 2001 · $2.0M #10,428 Betty Blue 1986 · $2.0M #10,429 Nemesis 1992 · $2.0M #10,484 The Double Life of Véronique 1991 · $2.0M #10,485 Limbo 1999 · $2.0M #10,486 The Top Bet 1991 · $2.0M

Quick answer

How did The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) earned a reported $2.0M worldwide against a reported $200.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 10.00x. In this database it currently ranks #10,430 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #23 among 1961 releases.

Worldwide gross: $2,000,000
Budget: $200,000
Gross minus budget: $1,800,000
ROI: 10.00x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Aug 12, 1961
Production: Alta Vista Productions
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyAlta Vista Productions Release year chart1961 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartMystery Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1961, The Pit and the Pendulum is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Mystery, Drama title from Alta Vista Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.0M, reported production budget is $200,000, gross-minus-budget is $1.8M, ROI is 10.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,430 all-time in the current chart set and #23 among 1961 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.