The Evil Dead

The Evil Dead

“The ultimate experience in gruelling terror.”

May 25, 1982NC-171h 25mTMDB ★ 7.3

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

Genres

Horror

Studio

New Line Cinema

Language

en

Status

Released

Box Office

How The Evil Dead performed

Budget

$350,000

Worldwide Gross

$29.4M

Gross Profit

$29.1M

Return

84.0× budget

Opening Wknd (est.)

$6M

Domestic (est.)

International (est.)

$13M$16M

Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~44/56, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (45% of the domestic run, typical for Horror) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.

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Cast

Bruce Campbell

Ash

Bruce Campbell

Ash

Ellen Sandweiss

Cheryl

Ellen Sandweiss

Cheryl

Richard DeManincor

Scott

Richard DeManincor

Scott

Betsy Baker

Linda

Betsy Baker

Linda

Theresa Tilly

Shelly

Theresa Tilly

Shelly

Philip A. Gillis

Fake Shemp

Philip A. Gillis

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Dorothy Tapert

Fake Shemp

Cheryl Klam

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Cheryl Klam

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Barbara Carey

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David Horton

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Wendall Thomas

Fake Shemp

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Don Long

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