Franchise
Evil Dead
3 films•1981–2013•New Line Cinema, Rosebud Releasing
79%average critics79%average audience$20.8Mdomestic average
Films
3
1981–2013
Domestic
$62.5M
lifetime
Worldwide
$134.3M
lifetime
Avg opening
$8.9M
3-day
Avg legs
4.70x
opening → total
Return
6.4x
on $20.9M of budget
The Evil Dead series runs to 3 films from The Evil Dead (1981) to Evil Dead (2013), together grossing $62.5M domestic and $134.3M worldwide. The biggest hit is Evil Dead (2013) at $99.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $25.8M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evil Dead | 2013 | $25.8M | $54.2M | 2.10x | $99.0M | — | 63% | — |
| Evil Dead II | 1987 | $807K | $5.9M | 7.30x | $5.9M | — | 88% | — |
| The Evil Dead | 1981 | — | $2.4M | — | $29.4M | — | 85% | — |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 16.0 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
6.4x
$134.3M worldwide on $20.9M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $62.5MInternational $71.8M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven78.4x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
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Directors
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
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