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#10,256 All-time worldwide
#25 1966 releases

Movie profile

The Plague of the Zombies

1966 · 91 min · Box Office Data

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.3M
Budget $135,400
Gross minus budget $2.2M
ROI 17.32x

Domestic gross

$938,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$262,640

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Plague of the Zombies 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 #10,256 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1966 releases #25 Release-year chart position of 49 titles Ranked against movies released in 1966.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did The Plague of the Zombies (1966) perform at the box office?

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The Plague of the Zombies (1966) earned a reported $2.3M worldwide against a reported $135.4K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 17.32x. In this database it currently ranks #10,256 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #25 among 1966 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,345,000
Budget
$135,400
Gross minus budget
$2,209,600
ROI
17.32x
Source: FilmDB. Last updated: Jul 13, 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

Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting the population. He discovers that one of the squires is a disciple of Haitian witchcraft and using dark magic to resurrect the dead. As the plan to create undead servants unravels, the squire unleashes his zombie army on the unsuspecting village.

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Production details

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1966, The Plague of the Zombies is positioned in this dataset as a movie title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.3M, reported production budget is $135,400, gross-minus-budget is $2.2M, ROI is 17.32x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,256 all-time in the current chart set and #25 among 1966 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.