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#12,090 All-time worldwide
#61 1974 releases

Movie profile

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1974 · 93 min · Tango Film

Romance Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $186,757
Budget $130,000
Gross minus budget $56,757
ROI 1.44x

Domestic gross

$93,379

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$93,378

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$16,808

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ali: Fear Eats the Soul ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #12,090 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1974 releases #61 Release-year chart position of 72 titles Ranked against movies released in 1974. Primary genre #2,457 Romance of 2,607 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.

#12,087 The Ride 1997 · $189,635 #12,088 Miles from Home 1988 · $188,964 #12,089 Rocket Gibraltar 1988 · $187,349 #12,091 Murder in the Central Committee 1982 · $185,916 #12,092 The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1995 · $185,898 #12,093 In the Lap of God 1991 · $185,544

Quick answer

How did Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) earned a reported $186.8K worldwide against a reported $130.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $56.8K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.44x. In this database it currently ranks #12,090 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #61 among 1974 releases.

Worldwide gross
$186,757
Budget
$130,000
Gross minus budget
$56,757
ROI
1.44x
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

Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 5, 1974
Production
Tango Film, Filmverlag der Autoren
Countries
DE

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Studio / production companyTango Film Release year chart1974 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1974, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama title from Tango Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $186,757, reported production budget is $130,000, gross-minus-budget is $56,757, ROI is 1.44x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,090 all-time in the current chart set and #61 among 1974 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
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.