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#11,335 All-time worldwide
#53 1973 releases

Movie profile

Day for Night

1973 · 116 min · Les Films Du Carrosse

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $850,000
Budget $700,000
Gross minus budget $150,000
ROI 1.21x

Domestic gross

$425,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$425,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$76,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Day for Night 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 #11,335 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1973 releases #53 Release-year chart position of 68 titles Ranked against movies released in 1973. Studio / company #2 Les Films Du Carrosse of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Les Films Du Carrosse movie set. Primary genre #4,330 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#11,332 Zombie Brigade 1988 · $855,000 #11,333 Brigham City 2001 · $852,206 #11,334 An Awfully Big Adventure 1995 · $851,545 #11,339 The Adventures of Mark Twain 1985 · $849,915 #11,340 The Unknown 1927 · $847,000 #11,341 One Trick Pony 1980 · $843,215

Quick answer

How did Day for Night (1973) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Day for Night (1973) earned a reported $850.0K worldwide against a reported $700.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $150.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.21x. In this database it currently ranks #11,335 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #53 among 1973 releases.

Worldwide gross
$850,000
Budget
$700,000
Gross minus budget
$150,000
ROI
1.21x
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

A committed filmmaker struggles to complete his latest project while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 24, 1973
Production
Les Films du Carrosse, Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Produzione Intercontinentale Cinematografica (PIC)
Countries
FR, IT

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyLes Films Du Carrosse Release year chart1973 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1973, Day for Night is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Les Films du Carrosse. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $850,000, reported production budget is $700,000, gross-minus-budget is $150,000, ROI is 1.21x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,335 all-time in the current chart set and #53 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.