The Exorcist
“Something almost beyond comprehension is happening to a girl on this street, in this house…And a man has been sent for as a last resort. This man is The Exorcist.”
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
Genres
Horror
Studio
Hoya Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Exorcist performed
Budget
$11.0M
Worldwide Gross
$430.9M
Gross Profit
$419.9M
Return
39.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$85M
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
Chris MacNeil
Ellen Burstyn
Chris MacNeil
Regan MacNeil
Linda Blair
Regan MacNeil
Father Damien Karras
Jason Miller
Father Damien Karras
Father Lankester Merrin
Max von Sydow
Father Lankester Merrin
Lt. Bill Kinderman
Lee J. Cobb
Lt. Bill Kinderman
Father Joseph Kevin Dyer
William O'Malley
Father Joseph Kevin Dyer
Sharon Spencer
Kitty Winn
Sharon Spencer
Dr. Klein
Barton Heyman
Dr. Klein
Dr. Barringer
Peter Masterson
Dr. Barringer
Burke Dennings
Jack MacGowran
Burke Dennings
Karl
Rudolf Schündler
Karl
Willi
Gina Petrushka
Willi
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