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#12,350 All-time worldwide

#67 1974 releases

Movie profile

A Poem Is a Naked Person

1974 · 96 min · Les Blank Films

Documentary Music

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $96,774

Budget —

Gross minus budget —

ROI —

Domestic gross

$38,710

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$58,064

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$10,839

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Poem Is a Naked Person ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #12,350 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1974 releases #67 Release-year chart position of 72 titles Ranked against movies released in 1974. Primary genre #178 Documentary of 204 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.

#12,347 Brother of Sleep 1995 · $97,848 #12,348 Oh... Rosalinda!! 1955 · $97,000 #12,349 Beauty Evil Rose 1992 · $96,830 #12,351 The Holy Mountain 1973 · $96,262 #12,352 Dearest Executioners 1977 · $95,000 #12,353 Kung Fu Vampire 1993 · $94,680

Quick answer

How did A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974) perform at the box office?

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A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $96.8K. In this database it currently ranks #12,350 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #67 among 1974 releases.

Worldwide gross: $96,774
Budget: Not available
Gross minus budget: Not available
ROI: Not available

Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Les Blank's first feature-length documentary captures music and other events at Leon Russell's Oklahoma recording studio during a three-year period (1972-1974).

Movie facts

Production details

Release date: May 9, 1974
Production: Les Blank Films, Skyhill Films
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1974, A Poem Is a Naked Person is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary, Music title from Les Blank Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $96,774. For comparison, it currently sits #12,350 all-time in the current chart set and #67 among 1974 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.