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#11,369 All-time worldwide
#134 1984 releases

Movie profile

The Toxic Avenger

1984 · 82 min · Troma Entertainment

Action Comedy Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $800,000
Budget $500,000
Gross minus budget $300,000
ROI 1.60x

Domestic gross

$384,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$416,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$165,120

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Toxic Avenger 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 #11,369 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1984 releases #134 Release-year chart position of 163 titles Ranked against movies released in 1984. Studio / company #1 Troma Entertainment of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Troma Entertainment movie set. Franchise #1 The Toxic Avenger of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #2,788 Action of 2,939 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.

#11,366 About Adam 2001 · $802,951 #11,367 Razorback 1984 · $801,000 #11,368 Ni te cases ni te embarques 1982 · $800,832 #11,373 Claire of the Moon 1992 · $799,674 #11,374 Yoyes 2000 · $798,569 #11,375 Rampage 1987 · $796,368

Quick answer

How did The Toxic Avenger (1984) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Toxic Avenger (1984) earned a reported $800.0K worldwide against a reported $500.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $300.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.60x. In this database it currently ranks #11,369 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #134 among 1984 releases.

Worldwide gross
$800,000
Budget
$500,000
Gross minus budget
$300,000
ROI
1.60x
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 gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club, is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 15, 1984
Production
Troma Entertainment
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1984, The Toxic Avenger is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy, Horror title from Troma Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $800,000, reported production budget is $500,000, gross-minus-budget is $300,000, ROI is 1.60x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,369 all-time in the current chart set and #134 among 1984 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.