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#7,580 All-time worldwide
#60 1981 releases

Movie profile

Wolfen

1981 · 115 min · King Hitzig Productions

Horror Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.6M
Budget $17.0M
Gross minus budget -$6.4M
ROI 0.63x

Domestic gross

$5.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Wolfen 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 #7,580 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #60 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Primary genre #738 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.

#7,577 The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 · $10.6M #7,578 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day 2009 · $10.6M #7,579 Moving Violations 1985 · $10.6M #7,581 Death House 2018 · $10.6M #7,582 The Dark Half 1993 · $10.6M #7,583 Irina Palm 2007 · $10.6M

Quick answer

How did Wolfen (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Wolfen (1981) earned a reported $10.6M worldwide against a reported $17.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$6.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.63x. In this database it currently ranks #7,580 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #60 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,626,725
Budget
$17,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$6,373,275
ROI
0.63x
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 New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 24, 1981
Production
King-Hitzig Productions, Orion Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Wolfen is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Thriller title from King-Hitzig Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.6M, reported production budget is $17.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$6.4M, ROI is 0.63x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,580 all-time in the current chart set and #60 among 1981 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.