SlashersNo. 8016 · The 2026 edition
Halloween
The night HE came home. Witness the birth of a slasher legend.
Our own summary of the original — the full post and photos live at web.archive.org.
John Carpenter's 1978 classic follows Michael Myers, who escapes a sanitarium and returns to Haddonfield on Halloween night to terrorize babysitter Laurie Strode, creating the blueprint for modern horror.
About this
A Box Office Mojo data page for John Carpenter's 1978 horror film Halloween, covering its theatrical performance as recorded by the site. It lists distributor, release date, genre, runtime, MPAA rating and production budget alongside domestic, foreign and worldwide grosses. The page also shows the film's rankings within its genre, franchise and various all-time charts, plus a related home-video product.
Facts from the original
- Domestic total gross was $47,000,000, which accounts for 100.0% of its total.
- No foreign gross figure is listed, so worldwide equals the domestic total at $47,000,000.
- The film's production budget was $325,000.
- It is ranked 14th among Horror - Slasher titles.
- It is ranked 3rd within the Halloween series franchise.
- It placed 1,350th on the All Time Domestic chart and 245th on the BOM Users' Grades chart.
- Among Premier Pass users it reached a Highest All Time Rank of 92 on January 1, 1982, and ranked 128th on the Rated R Adjusted chart.
- A related product listed is the Halloween Blu-ray.
