Piranha
A hideous death lurked unseen in the river...
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
- Director
- Joe Dante
- Signature
- Tension · Wonder · Craft
- Worldwide
- $16M
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When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
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Box Office & Release
Piranha returned 24.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $660,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $16M
- Release date
- Aug 3, 1978
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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