#3,059 All-time worldwide

#5 1975 releases

Movie profile

Dog Day Afternoon

Name: Dog Day Afternoon
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1975-09-21
Duration: 125 min

1975 · 125 min · Artists Entertainment Complex

Crime Drama Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $56.7M

Budget $1.8M

Gross minus budget $54.9M

ROI 31.48x

Domestic gross

$28.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$28.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dog Day Afternoon ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #3,059 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1975 releases #5 Release-year chart position of 67 titles Ranked against movies released in 1975. Studio / company #1 Artists Entertainment Complex of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Artists Entertainment Complex movie set. Primary genre #462 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.

#3,056 A Civil Action 1998 · $56.7M #3,057 Elektra 2005 · $56.7M #3,058 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967 · $56.7M #3,060 Clueless 1995 · $56.6M #3,061 Rookie of the Year 1993 · $56.5M #3,062 Cradle 2 the Grave 2003 · $56.5M

Quick answer

How did Dog Day Afternoon (1975) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) earned a reported $56.7M worldwide against a reported $1.8M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $54.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 31.48x. In this database it currently ranks #3,059 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #5 among 1975 releases.

Worldwide gross: $56,665,856
Budget: $1,800,000
Gross minus budget: $54,865,856
ROI: 31.48x

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: Sep 21, 1975
Production: Artists Entertainment Complex
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyArtists Entertainment Complex Release year chart1975 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1975, Dog Day Afternoon is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Thriller title from Artists Entertainment Complex. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $56.7M, reported production budget is $1.8M, gross-minus-budget is $54.9M, ROI is 31.48x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,059 all-time in the current chart set and #5 among 1975 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.