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#5,221 All-time worldwide
#168 2017 releases

Movie profile

Detroit

2017 · 143 min · Annapurna Pictures

Drama Thriller History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $23.4M
Budget $34.0M
Gross minus budget -$10.6M
ROI 0.69x

Domestic gross

$11.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Detroit 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 #5,221 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2017 releases #168 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2017. Studio / company #7 Annapurna Pictures of 9 titles Position inside the mapped Annapurna Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,055 Drama of 5,859 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.

#5,218 Hoodlum 1997 · $23.5M #5,219 Jessabelle 2014 · $23.5M #5,220 Boys on the Side 1995 · $23.5M #5,227 Those Who Wish Me Dead 2021 · $23.4M #5,228 Raging Bull 1980 · $23.4M #5,229 It Follows 2015 · $23.4M

Quick answer

How did Detroit (2017) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Detroit (2017) earned a reported $23.4M worldwide against a reported $34.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$10.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.69x. In this database it currently ranks #5,221 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #168 among 2017 releases.

Worldwide gross
$23,400,000
Budget
$34,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$10,600,000
ROI
0.69x
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 police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 28, 2017
Production
Annapurna Pictures, Page 1, Harpers Ferry
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2017, Detroit is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller, History title from Annapurna Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $23.4M, reported production budget is $34.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$10.6M, ROI is 0.69x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,221 all-time in the current chart set and #168 among 2017 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.