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#6,627 All-time worldwide
#40 1978 releases

Movie profile

Death on the Nile

1978 · 140 min · Mersham Productions

Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.6M
Budget $7.9M
Gross minus budget $6.6M
ROI 1.84x

Domestic gross

$5.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Death on the Nile 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 #6,627 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #40 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Franchise #1 Hercule Poirot (Peter UStinov) of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #537 Mystery of 951 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.

#6,624 Iron Monkey 2 1996 · $14.6M #6,625 Wild at Heart 1990 · $14.6M #6,626 Children of the Corn 1984 · $14.6M #6,628 The Vanishing 1993 · $14.5M #6,629 Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues 2015 · $14.5M #6,630 Sound of Silence 2025 · $14.5M

Quick answer

How did Death on the Nile (1978) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Death on the Nile (1978) earned a reported $14.6M worldwide against a reported $7.9M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $6.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.84x. In this database it currently ranks #6,627 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #40 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,560,084
Budget
$7,920,000
Gross minus budget
$6,640,084
ROI
1.84x
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

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 29, 1978
Production
Mersham Productions, EMI Films
Countries
GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMersham Productions FranchiseHercule Poirot (Peter UStinov) Release year chart1978 box office Genre chartMystery

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, Death on the Nile is positioned in this dataset as a Mystery title from Mersham Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.6M, reported production budget is $7.9M, gross-minus-budget is $6.6M, ROI is 1.84x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,627 all-time in the current chart set and #40 among 1978 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.