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#8,254 All-time worldwide
#120 1994 releases

Movie profile

The Puppet Masters

1994 · 109 min · Hollywood Pictures

Horror Science Fiction Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.6M
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$6.4M
ROI 0.57x

Domestic gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Puppet Masters 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 #8,254 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1994 releases #120 Release-year chart position of 238 titles Ranked against movies released in 1994. Studio / company #24 Hollywood Pictures of 34 titles Position inside the mapped Hollywood Pictures movie set. Primary genre #790 Horror of 1,240 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 Puppet Masters (1994) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Puppet Masters (1994) earned a reported $8.6M worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$6.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.57x. In this database it currently ranks #8,254 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #120 among 1994 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,600,000
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$6,400,000
ROI
0.57x
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

The Midwest USA is invaded by stingray-shaped alien slugs that ride on people's backs and control their minds in order to spread their dominion. Government agency reps Sam Givens, Andrew Nivens, and Mary Sefton must stop the aliens.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 21, 1994
Production
Hollywood Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1994, The Puppet Masters is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller title from Hollywood Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.6M, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$6.4M, ROI is 0.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,254 all-time in the current chart set and #120 among 1994 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.