#4,501 All-time worldwide

#14 1974 releases

Movie profile

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Name: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Genre: Horror
Released: 1974-10-11
Duration: 83 min

1974 · 83 min · Vortex

Horror

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $30.9M

Budget $140,000

Gross minus budget $30.8M

ROI 220.88x

Domestic gross

$14.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$16.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #4,501 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1974 releases #14 Release-year chart position of 73 titles Ranked against movies released in 1974. Franchise #2 Texas Chainsaw Massacre of 5 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #451 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.

#4,498 Pilot 2024 · $30.9M #4,499 Rise of the Legend 2014 · $30.9M #4,500 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 2016 · $30.9M #4,502 Paper Moon 1973 · $30.9M #4,502 The Princess Bride 1987 · $30.9M #4,502 Powder 1995 · $30.9M

Quick answer

How did The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) perform at the box office?

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) earned a reported $30.9M worldwide against a reported $140.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $30.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 220.88x. In this database it currently ranks #4,501 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #14 among 1974 releases.

Worldwide gross: $30,922,680
Budget: $140,000
Gross minus budget: $30,782,680
ROI: 220.88x

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.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Oct 11, 1974
Production: Vortex, Henkel Productions, Hooper Productions
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyVortex FranchiseTexas Chainsaw Massacre Release year chart1974 box office Genre chartHorror

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1974, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is positioned in this dataset as a Horror title from Vortex. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $30.9M, reported production budget is $140,000, gross-minus-budget is $30.8M, ROI is 220.88x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,501 all-time in the current chart set and #14 among 1974 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.