Horror ClassicsNo. 1908 · The 2026 edition
Halloween
On a quiet Halloween night in Haddonfield, evil returns in the shape of a silent, masked killer.
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In 1978, John Carpenter's classic slasher film introduced audiences to Michael Myers, a mental patient who escapes and stalks babysitter Laurie Strode on Halloween. The film's suspenseful direction and minimalist score set the standard for the horror genre.
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A box office and financial data page for the 1978 horror film Halloween, gathering theatrical grosses, home video sales, production budget, and release details in one place. It reports domestic, international, and worldwide box office figures alongside disc sales estimates and inflation-adjusted numbers. Additional tables list release dates, MPA rating, running time, genre classifications, and a weekend box office performance line. The page serves as a reference record rather than a review or synopsis.
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Facts from the original
- Domestic box office: $47,274,000
- International box office: $23,000,000
- Worldwide box office: $70,274,000
- Estimated DVD sales: $8,471,018
- Estimated Blu-ray sales: $4,243,003
- Total estimated disc sales: $12,714,021
- OpusData ID: 11800100
- Legs: 172.53 (domestic box office divided by biggest weekend)
- Domestic share: 67.3% of worldwide box office
- Production budget: $325,000 (worldwide box office is 216.2 times production budget)
- Inflation-adjusted domestic box office: $227,504,235
- Domestic release: October 17th, 1978 (Wide) by Compass International
- Domestic release: October 30th, 2020 (Limited)
- International release: October 10th, 2018 (Limited) in the United Kingdom
- International release: October 28th, 2021 (Limited) in New Zealand
- International release: October 25th, 2024 (Limited) (4K Restoration) in the United Kingdom
- Video release: September 28th, 1999 by Anchor Bay Home Entertainment
- MPA rating: R
- Running time: 91 minutes
- Franchise: Halloween
- Plot point: Babysitters
- Subgenre: Slasher Horror
- Source: Original Screenplay
- Genre: Horror
- Production method: Live Action
- Creative type: Contemporary Fiction
- Production countries: United States
- Languages: English
- Weekend box office for Oct 30, 2020: rank 8, gross $274,000, 781 theaters, $351 per theater, total gross $47,274,000, week 2,194
