#6,600 All-time worldwide

#7 1964 releases

Movie profile

A Fistful of Dollars

Name: A Fistful of Dollars
Genre: Western
Released: 1964-09-12
Duration: 99 min

1964 · 99 min · Jolly Film

Western

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $14.5M

Budget $200,000

Gross minus budget $14.3M

ROI 72.50x

Domestic gross

$5.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Fistful of Dollars ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #6,600 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1964 releases #7 Release-year chart position of 49 titles Ranked against movies released in 1964. Primary genre #87 Western of 246 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.

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Quick answer

How did A Fistful of Dollars (1964) perform at the box office?

High confidence

A Fistful of Dollars (1964) earned a reported $14.5M worldwide against a reported $200.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $14.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 72.50x. In this database it currently ranks #6,600 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #7 among 1964 releases.

Worldwide gross: $14,500,000
Budget: $200,000
Gross minus budget: $14,300,000
ROI: 72.50x

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.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Sep 12, 1964
Production: Jolly Film, Ocean Films, Constantin Film
Countries: DE, IT, ES

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Studio / production companyJolly Film Release year chart1964 box office Genre chartWestern

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1964, A Fistful of Dollars is positioned in this dataset as a Western title from Jolly Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.5M, reported production budget is $200,000, gross-minus-budget is $14.3M, ROI is 72.50x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,600 all-time in the current chart set and #7 among 1964 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.