#2,489 All-time worldwide

#8 1974 releases

Movie profile

Death Wish

Name: Death Wish
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action
Released: 1974-07-24
Duration: 93 min

1974 · 93 min · Landers Roberts Productions

Crime Drama Action

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $76.6M

Budget $3.0M

Gross minus budget $73.6M

ROI 25.53x

Domestic gross

$38.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$38.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Death Wish ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #2,489 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1974 releases #8 Release-year chart position of 73 titles Ranked against movies released in 1974. Studio / company #1 Landers Roberts Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Landers Roberts Productions movie set. Franchise #1 Death Wish of 5 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #358 Crime of 1,962 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.

#2,486 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 1987 · $76.8M #2,487 The Ladykillers 2004 · $76.7M #2,488 Coach Carter 2005 · $76.7M #2,490 Father of the Bride Part II 1995 · $76.6M #2,491 The Book Thief 2013 · $76.6M #2,492 Bend It Like Beckham 2002 · $76.6M

Quick answer

How did Death Wish (1974) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Death Wish (1974) earned a reported $76.6M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $73.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 25.53x. In this database it currently ranks #2,489 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #8 among 1974 releases.

Worldwide gross: $76,600,000
Budget: $3,000,000
Gross minus budget: $73,600,000
ROI: 25.53x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jul 24, 1974
Production: Landers-Roberts Productions, The De Laurentiis Company
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1974, Death Wish is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Action title from Landers-Roberts Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $76.6M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is $73.6M, ROI is 25.53x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,489 all-time in the current chart set and #8 among 1974 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.