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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974 • R • 1h 23m • Horror • Bryanston Pictures

Who will survive and what will be left of them?

🍅 85% 82% MC 92 LB 3.78 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Domestic Total
$26.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$26.7M
$133.1K international
Budget$140K
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Cast & Crew

Directed byTobe Hooper ScreenplayKim Henkel, Tobe Hooper Produced byTobe Hooper CinematographyDaniel Pearl Music byTobe Hooper, Wayne Bell StarringMarilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow StudioVortex
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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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