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#11,863 All-time worldwide
#46 1970 releases

Movie profile

Colossus: The Forbin Project

1970 · 100 min · Universal Pictures

Science Fiction Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $308,828
Budget $2.0M
Gross minus budget -$1.7M
ROI 0.15x

Domestic gross

$123,531

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$185,297

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$34,589

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Colossus: The Forbin Project 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 #11,863 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1970 releases #46 Release-year chart position of 60 titles Ranked against movies released in 1970. Studio / company #370 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,196 Science Fiction of 1,234 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.

#11,860 Four Days in September 1997 · $310,724 #11,861 I Was a Teenage Frankenstein 1957 · $310,000 #11,862 Consummate Power 1984 · $309,703 #11,864 The Slingshot 1993 · $308,368 #11,865 Hard Promises 1992 · $306,976 #11,866 The 317th Platoon 1965 · $306,505

Quick answer

How did Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) earned a reported $308.8K worldwide against a reported $2.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.15x. In this database it currently ranks #11,863 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #46 among 1970 releases.

Worldwide gross
$308,828
Budget
$2,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,691,172
ROI
0.15x
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

The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes clear, that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realized—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 8, 1970
Production
Universal Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1970, Colossus: The Forbin Project is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Thriller title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $308,828, reported production budget is $2.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.7M, ROI is 0.15x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,863 all-time in the current chart set and #46 among 1970 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.