The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
“Who will survive and what will be left of them?”
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
Genres
Horror
Studio
Vortex
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Texas Chain Saw Massacre performed
Budget
$140,000
Worldwide Gross
$30.9M
Gross Profit
$30.8M
Return
220.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$6M
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.
Where to Watch
Cast
Sally
Marilyn Burns
Sally
Jerry
Allen Danziger
Jerry
Franklin
Paul A. Partain
Franklin
Kirk
William Vail
Kirk
Pam
Teri McMinn
Pam
Hitchhiker
Edwin Neal
Hitchhiker
Old Man
Jim Siedow
Old Man
Leatherface
Gunnar Hansen
Leatherface
Grandfather
John Dugan
Grandfather
Window Washer
Robert Courtin
Window Washer
Bearded Man
William Creamer
Bearded Man
Storyteller
John Henry Faulk
Storyteller
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