#1,453 All-time worldwide

#4 1973 releases

Movie profile

American Graffiti

Name: American Graffiti
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1973-08-11
Duration: 112 min

1973 · 112 min · Lucasfilm Ltd..

Comedy Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $140.0M

Budget $777,000

Gross minus budget $139.2M

ROI 180.18x

Domestic gross

$58.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$81.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$21.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where American Graffiti ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,453 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1973 releases #4 Release-year chart position of 68 titles Ranked against movies released in 1973. Studio / company #14 Lucasfilm Ltd.. of 21 titles Position inside the mapped Lucasfilm Ltd.. movie set. Franchise #1 American Graffiti of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #529 Comedy of 4,945 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.

#1,450 Monster House 2006 · $140.2M #1,451 Sommersby 1993 · $140.1M #1,452 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 2010 · $140.1M #1,454 Anastasia 1997 · $139.8M #1,455 Saw IV 2007 · $139.4M #1,456 Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979 · $139.3M

Quick answer

How did American Graffiti (1973) perform at the box office?

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American Graffiti (1973) earned a reported $140.0M worldwide against a reported $777.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $139.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 180.18x. In this database it currently ranks #1,453 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #4 among 1973 releases.

Worldwide gross: $140,000,000
Budget: $777,000
Gross minus budget: $139,223,000
ROI: 180.18x

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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Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Aug 11, 1973
Production: Lucasfilm Ltd., The Coppola Company, Universal Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyLucasfilm Ltd.. FranchiseAmerican Graffiti Release year chart1973 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1973, American Graffiti is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Lucasfilm Ltd. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $140.0M, reported production budget is $777,000, gross-minus-budget is $139.2M, ROI is 180.18x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,453 all-time in the current chart set and #4 among 1973 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.