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#10,834 All-time worldwide
#4 1928 releases

Movie profile

The Terror

1928 · 85 min · Box Office Data

Horror Mystery Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.5M
Budget $163,000
Gross minus budget $1.3M
ROI 8.98x

Domestic gross

$702,720

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$761,280

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$302,170

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Terror 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 #10,834 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1928 releases #4 Release-year chart position of 13 titles Ranked against movies released in 1928. Primary genre #1,059 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.

#10,831 Clockwise 1986 · $1.5M #10,832 The Exorcism of Carmen Farias 2021 · $1.5M #10,833 A Damsel in Distress 1937 · $1.5M #10,835 Shaft in Africa 1973 · $1.5M #10,836 On Trial 1928 · $1.5M #10,837 Do You Do You Saint-Tropez 2021 · $1.5M

Quick answer

How did The Terror (1928) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Terror (1928) earned a reported $1.5M worldwide against a reported $163.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 8.98x. In this database it currently ranks #10,834 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #4 among 1928 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,464,000
Budget
$163,000
Gross minus budget
$1,301,000
ROI
8.98x
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
Sep 6, 1928
Production
Box Office Data

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1928, The Terror is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Mystery, Thriller title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.5M, reported production budget is $163,000, gross-minus-budget is $1.3M, ROI is 8.98x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,834 all-time in the current chart set and #4 among 1928 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.