#8,904 All-time worldwide

#20 1970 releases

Movie profile

Diary of a Mad Housewife

Name: Diary of a Mad Housewife
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1970-08-10
Duration: 95 min

1970 · 95 min · Frank Perry Films Inc.

Comedy Drama

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $6.1M

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Gross minus budget —

ROI —

Domestic gross

$3.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$549,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Diary of a Mad Housewife ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #8,904 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1970 releases #20 Release-year chart position of 60 titles Ranked against movies released in 1970. Primary genre #3,522 Comedy of 4,945 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.

#8,901 Short Cuts 1993 · $6.1M #8,902 Evil Under the Sun 1982 · $6.1M #8,903 Warriors of Heaven and Earth 2003 · $6.1M #8,908 Rustlers' Rhapsody 1985 · $6.1M #8,909 Take the Money and Run 1969 · $6.1M #8,910 Assassination 1987 · $6.1M

Quick answer

How did Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) perform at the box office?

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Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $6.1M. In this database it currently ranks #8,904 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #20 among 1970 releases.

Worldwide gross: $6,100,000
Budget: Not available
Gross minus budget: Not available
ROI: Not available

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: Aug 10, 1970
Production: Frank Perry Films Inc., Universal Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyFrank Perry Films Inc. Release year chart1970 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1970, Diary of a Mad Housewife is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Frank Perry Films Inc. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.1M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,904 all-time in the current chart set and #20 among 1970 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.