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#7,026 All-time worldwide
#124 1998 releases

Movie profile

The Spiral

1998 · 97 min · Basara Pictures

Fantasy Horror Mystery Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.7M
Budget $2.9M
Gross minus budget $9.8M
ROI 4.37x

Domestic gross

$6.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Spiral 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 #7,026 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #124 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #1 Basara Pictures of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Basara Pictures movie set. Franchise #4 Ring of 6 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #893 Fantasy of 1,285 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 Spiral (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Spiral (1998) earned a reported $12.7M worldwide against a reported $2.9M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.37x. In this database it currently ranks #7,026 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #124 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,662,948
Budget
$2,900,000
Gross minus budget
$9,762,948
ROI
4.37x
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

A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relentless spirit.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 31, 1998
Production
Basara Pictures
Countries
JP

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyBasara Pictures FranchiseRing Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartHorror Genre chartMystery Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, The Spiral is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Horror, Mystery title from Basara Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.7M, reported production budget is $2.9M, gross-minus-budget is $9.8M, ROI is 4.37x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,026 all-time in the current chart set and #124 among 1998 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.