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$25,804,893$27,944,959
 
Averages $11,311,111$13,658,846$40,217,806$50,078,741
Totals 9 $101,800,000$361,960,252$450,708,673

Video Release Breakdown

Release DateTitleDomestic
Video Sales
to Date		Watch Now
Sep 29, 1995A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s…   Netflix
Aug 12, 1997Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare    
Aug 26, 1997A Nightmare on Elm Street $1,670,808 Netflix Google Vudu
Sep 7, 1999A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors   Netflix iTunes
Sep 7, 1999A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master   Netflix iTunes
Sep 7, 1999A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream Child   Netflix
Sep 7, 1999Wes Craven's New Nightmare   Netflix iTunes
Jan 13, 2004Freddy vs. Jason $688,736 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 $15,566,260 Netflix Amazon iTunes Google
Oct 15, 2016Nightmare Franchise 9-Pack   Vudu
Sep 30, 2025A Nightmare on Elm Street: 7-Film Collection    
 
 Totals$17,925,804

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 $332,979,055 $461,706,362 72.1%
John Saxon 3 Lt. Thompson $90,828,362 $310,487,294 29.3%
Heather Langenkamp 3 Nancy Thompson $90,828,362 $119,620,406 75.9%
Lin Shaye 2 Teacher $46,035,140 $2,063,008,602 2.2%

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)		 $295,123,013 $3,286,996,196 9.0%
Wes Craven 4 Director (2)
Character Creator (2)
Screenwriter (1)		 $195,483,576 $1,150,042,773 17.0%
Sean Cunningham 2 Second Unit Director (1)
Producer (1)		 $142,521,362 $264,216,215 53.9%