#4,100 All-time worldwide

#5 1971 releases

Movie profile

Dirty Harry

Name: Dirty Harry
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1971-12-23
Duration: 102 min

1971 · 102 min · Malpaso Productions

Action Crime Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $36.0M

Budget $4.0M

Gross minus budget $32.0M

ROI 8.99x

Domestic gross

$14.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$21.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dirty Harry ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #4,100 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1971 releases #5 Release-year chart position of 53 titles Ranked against movies released in 1971. Studio / company #8 Malpaso Productions of 19 titles Position inside the mapped Malpaso Productions movie set. Franchise #5 Dirty Harry of 5 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,360 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.

#4,093 Utopia 2013 · $36.0M #4,093 Ip Man 2 2010 · $36.0M #4,093 Mahavatar Narsimha 2025 · $36.0M #4,101 Cinema Paradiso 1988 · $36.0M #4,102 The Best of Me 2014 · $35.9M #4,103 Ra.One 2011 · $35.9M

Quick answer

How did Dirty Harry (1971) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Dirty Harry (1971) earned a reported $36.0M worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $32.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 8.99x. In this database it currently ranks #4,100 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #5 among 1971 releases.

Worldwide gross: $35,976,000
Budget: $4,000,000
Gross minus budget: $31,976,000
ROI: 8.99x

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 23, 1971
Production: Malpaso Productions
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyMalpaso Productions FranchiseDirty Harry Release year chart1971 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1971, Dirty Harry is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Thriller title from Malpaso Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $36.0M, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is $32.0M, ROI is 8.99x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,100 all-time in the current chart set and #5 among 1971 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.