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#11,327 All-time worldwide
#163 1989 releases

Movie profile

The Terror Within

1989 · 90 min · Concorde Pictures

Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $858,591
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$412,124

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$446,467

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$177,213

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Terror Within 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 #11,327 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #163 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Studio / company #3 Concorde Pictures of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Concorde Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,098 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 Terror Within (1989) perform at the box office?

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The Terror Within (1989) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $858.6K. In this database it currently ranks #11,327 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #163 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$858,591
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Experiments in biological warfare have destroyed all but a few remnants of the human race. Alone in a lab, eight students work feverishly to create a vaccine before they are forced outside in search for food. It is then that the surviving scientists discover creatures mutated by the plague. Now they prepare to do battle against their worst fear: The Terror Within.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 20, 1989
Production
Concorde Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, The Terror Within is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction title from Concorde Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $858,591. For comparison, it currently sits #11,327 all-time in the current chart set and #163 among 1989 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.