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#10,380 All-time worldwide
#99 1983 releases

Movie profile

Videodrome

1983 · 88 min · Filmplan International

Horror Science Fiction Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.1M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget -$3.8M
ROI 0.36x

Domestic gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$437,659

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Videodrome 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 #10,380 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1983 releases #99 Release-year chart position of 150 titles Ranked against movies released in 1983. Studio / company #2 Filmplan International of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Filmplan International movie set. Primary genre #982 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 Videodrome (1983) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Videodrome (1983) earned a reported $2.1M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$3.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.36x. In this database it currently ranks #10,380 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #99 among 1983 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,120,439
Budget
$5,952,000
Gross minus budget
-$3,831,561
ROI
0.36x
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

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 4, 1983
Production
Filmplan International
Countries
CA

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Studio / production companyFilmplan International Release year chart1983 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartMystery

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1983, Videodrome is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery title from Filmplan International. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.1M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$3.8M, ROI is 0.36x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,380 all-time in the current chart set and #99 among 1983 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.