The movie was a box office success. It was made on a budget of $300,000 and earned more then $30,000,000. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence and bad language. The film was originally banned in Australia, Brazil, Chile, Finland, Malaysia, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom and West Germany. A sequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 was released in 1986.