#10,340 All-time worldwide

#25 1960 releases

Movie profile

Village of the Damned

Name: Village of the Damned
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1960-06-16
Duration: 77 min

1960 · 77 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer British Studios

Horror Science Fiction

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $2.2M

Budget $200,000

Gross minus budget $2.0M

ROI 10.88x

Domestic gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$448,920

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Village of the Damned ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,340 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1960 releases #25 Release-year chart position of 43 titles Ranked against movies released in 1960. Studio / company #3 Metro Goldwyn Mayer British Studios of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer British Studios movie set. Franchise #1 The Damned of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #994 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.

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Quick answer

How did Village of the Damned (1960) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Village of the Damned (1960) earned a reported $2.2M worldwide against a reported $200.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 10.88x. In this database it currently ranks #10,340 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #25 among 1960 releases.

Worldwide gross: $2,175,000
Budget: $200,000
Gross minus budget: $1,975,000
ROI: 10.88x

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: Jun 16, 1960
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries: GB, US

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Studio / production companyMetro Goldwyn Mayer British Studios FranchiseThe Damned Release year chart1960 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1960, Village of the Damned is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.2M, reported production budget is $200,000, gross-minus-budget is $2.0M, ROI is 10.88x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,340 all-time in the current chart set and #25 among 1960 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.