Box Office History for Nightmare on Elm Street Movies

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  1. Summary
  2. Video
  3. Acting Credits
  4. Technical Credits



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Release
Date
TitleProduction
Budget
Opening
Weekend
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Apr 30, 2010A Nightmare on Elm Street $35,000,000$32,902,299$63,075,011$117,729,618
Aug 15, 2003Freddy vs. Jason $25,000,000$36,428,066$82,622,655$114,576,403
Oct 14, 1994Wes Craven's New Nightmare $8,000,000$6,667,118$18,090,181$18,090,181
Sep 13, 1991Freddy’s Dead: The Final Ni… $5,000,000$12,966,525$34,872,033$34,872,033
Aug 11, 1989A Nightmare On Elm Street: … $6,000,000$8,115,176$22,168,359$22,168,359
Aug 19, 1988A Nightmare on Elm Street 4… $13,000,000$12,833,403$49,369,899$49,369,899
Feb 27, 1987A Nightmare On Elm Street 3… $5,000,000$8,880,555$44,793,222$44,793,222
Nov 1, 1985A Nightmare on Elm Street P… $3,000,000$2,865,475$21,163,999$21,163,999
Nov 9, 1984A Nightmare on Elm Street $1,800,000$1,271,000$25,504,513$25,542,906
 
Averages $11,311,111$13,658,846$40,184,430$49,811,847
Totals 9 $101,800,000$361,659,872$448,306,620

Video Release Breakdown

Release DateTitleDomestic
Video Sales
to Date
Watch Now
Sep 29, 1995A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s…    
Aug 12, 1997Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare    
Aug 26, 1997A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) $1,124,627 Netflix Google
Aug 26, 1997A Nightmare on Elm Street   Amazon
Sep 7, 1999A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors   iTunes
Sep 7, 1999A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master   iTunes
Sep 7, 1999A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream Child    
Sep 7, 1999Wes Craven's New Nightmare   iTunes
Jan 13, 2004Freddy vs. Jason $582,954 iTunes Google
Oct 14, 20084 Film Favorites: Nightmare on Elm Street …    
Apr 13, 2010Nightmare on Elm Street Collection   iTunes
Oct 5, 2010A Nightmare on Elm Street $15,549,190 Netflix Amazon iTunes Google
 
 Totals$17,256,771

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Note: This list contains actors who appeared in at least two movies in the franchise.

PersonNr. of
Movies
RoleFranchise
Worldwide
Box Office
Career
Worldwide
Box Office
Franchise
/
Career
Robert Englund 8 Freddy Krueger $330,577,002 $522,434,092 63.3%
John Saxon 3 Lt. Thompson $88,426,309 $308,085,157 28.7%
Heather Langenkamp 3 Nancy Thompson $88,426,309 $105,692,095 83.7%
Lin Shaye 2 Teacher $43,633,087 $2,060,515,747 2.1%

Note: This list contains people who contributed to at least two movies in the franchise.

PersonNr. of
Movies
Technical RoleFranchise
Worldwide
Box Office
Career
Worldwide
Box Office
Franchise
/
Career
Robert Shaye 4 Producer (2)
Executive Producer (2)
$292,720,960 $3,251,986,438 9.0%
Wes Craven 4 Director (2)
Character Creator (2)
Screenwriter (1)
$193,081,523 $1,147,640,585 16.8%
Sean Cunningham 2 Second Unit Director (1)
Producer (1)
$140,119,309 $261,814,162 53.5%