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#10,796 All-time worldwide
#50 1976 releases

Movie profile

Cannonball

1976 · 93 min · New World Pictures

Action Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.5M
Budget $780,000
Gross minus budget $720,000
ROI 1.92x

Domestic gross

$600,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$900,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$168,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Cannonball 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 #10,796 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1976 releases #50 Release-year chart position of 67 titles Ranked against movies released in 1976. Studio / company #19 New World Pictures of 27 titles Position inside the mapped New World Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,715 Action of 2,939 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 Cannonball (1976) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Cannonball (1976) earned a reported $1.5M worldwide against a reported $780.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $720.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.92x. In this database it currently ranks #10,796 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #50 among 1976 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,500,000
Budget
$780,000
Gross minus budget
$720,000
ROI
1.92x
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

Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman, his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 6, 1976
Production
New World Pictures, Cross Country, Harbor Productions
Countries
US, HK

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyNew World Pictures Release year chart1976 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1976, Cannonball is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy title from New World Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.5M, reported production budget is $780,000, gross-minus-budget is $720,000, ROI is 1.92x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,796 all-time in the current chart set and #50 among 1976 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.