#4,851 All-time worldwide

#9 1971 releases

Movie profile

A Clockwork Orange

Name: A Clockwork Orange
Genre: Science Fiction, Crime
Released: 1971-10-28
Duration: 137 min

1971 · 137 min · Polaris Productions Limited

Science Fiction Crime

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $27.0M

Budget $2.2M

Gross minus budget $24.8M

ROI 12.29x

Domestic gross

$10.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$16.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Clockwork Orange ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #4,851 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1971 releases #9 Release-year chart position of 53 titles Ranked against movies released in 1971. Primary genre #648 Science Fiction of 1,251 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#4,848 The Musketeer 2001 · $27.1M #4,849 Spyder 2017 · $27.1M #4,850 Hitchcock 2012 · $27.0M #4,852 Home Again 2017 · $27.0M #4,853 The Big Hit 1998 · $27.0M #4,854 The Stewardesses 1969 · $27.0M

Quick answer

How did A Clockwork Orange (1971) perform at the box office?

High confidence

A Clockwork Orange (1971) earned a reported $27.0M worldwide against a reported $2.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $24.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 12.29x. In this database it currently ranks #4,851 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #9 among 1971 releases.

Worldwide gross: $27,033,812
Budget: $2,200,000
Gross minus budget: $24,833,812
ROI: 12.29x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Oct 28, 1971
Production: Polaris Productions Limited, Warner Bros. Pictures, Hawk Films
Countries: GB, US

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Studio / production companyPolaris Productions Limited Release year chart1971 box office Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1971, A Clockwork Orange is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Crime title from Polaris Productions Limited. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $27.0M, reported production budget is $2.2M, gross-minus-budget is $24.8M, ROI is 12.29x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,851 all-time in the current chart set and #9 among 1971 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.