#1,738 All-time worldwide

#1 1971 releases

Movie profile

Diamonds Are Forever

Name: Diamonds Are Forever
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: 1971-12-14
Duration: 120 min

1971 · 120 min · Eon Productions

Action Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $116.0M

Budget $7.2M

Gross minus budget $108.8M

ROI 16.11x

Domestic gross

$46.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$69.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$13.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Diamonds Are Forever ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,738 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1971 releases #1 Release-year chart position of 53 titles Ranked against movies released in 1971. Studio / company #17 Eon Productions of 24 titles Position inside the mapped Eon Productions movie set. Franchise #21 James Bond of 26 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #683 Action of 2,974 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.

#1,735 Sliver 1993 · $116.3M #1,736 Casino 1995 · $116.1M #1,737 Witness 1985 · $116.1M #1,739 The Towering Inferno 1974 · $116.0M #1,739 So Young 2013 · $116.0M #1,741 The Volunteers: To the War 2023 · $115.9M

Quick answer

How did Diamonds Are Forever (1971) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Diamonds Are Forever (1971) earned a reported $116.0M worldwide against a reported $7.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $108.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 16.11x. In this database it currently ranks #1,738 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #1 among 1971 releases.

Worldwide gross: $116,019,547
Budget: $7,200,000
Gross minus budget: $108,819,547
ROI: 16.11x

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: Dec 14, 1971
Production: EON Productions, United Artists
Countries: GB

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Studio / production companyEon Productions FranchiseJames Bond Release year chart1971 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1971, Diamonds Are Forever is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Thriller title from EON Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $116.0M, reported production budget is $7.2M, gross-minus-budget is $108.8M, ROI is 16.11x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,738 all-time in the current chart set and #1 among 1971 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.