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#9,511 All-time worldwide
#30 1973 releases

Movie profile

Coffy

1973 · 90 min · American International Pictures

Action Crime Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.0M
Budget $500,000
Gross minus budget $3.5M
ROI 8.00x

Domestic gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$448,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Coffy 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 #9,511 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1973 releases #30 Release-year chart position of 68 titles Ranked against movies released in 1973. Studio / company #6 American International Pictures of 13 titles Position inside the mapped American International Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,510 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.

#9,508 The Wild North 1952 · $4.0M #9,509 Maytime 1937 · $4.0M #9,510 Restoration 1995 · $4.0M #9,547 Gordy 1995 · $4.0M #9,548 Stop! That! Train! 2026 · $4.0M #9,549 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael 1990 · $4.0M

Quick answer

How did Coffy (1973) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Coffy (1973) earned a reported $4.0M worldwide against a reported $500.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 8.00x. In this database it currently ranks #9,511 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #30 among 1973 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,000,000
Budget
$500,000
Gross minus budget
$3,500,000
ROI
8.00x
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

After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 13, 1973
Production
American International Pictures, Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment International
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyAmerican International Pictures Release year chart1973 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1973, Coffy is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Thriller title from American International Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.0M, reported production budget is $500,000, gross-minus-budget is $3.5M, ROI is 8.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,511 all-time in the current chart set and #30 among 1973 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.