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#7,185 All-time worldwide
#28 1975 releases

Movie profile

Dolemite

1975 · 90 min · Comedian Intl Enterprise Productions (C.i.e.)

Action Comedy Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.0M
Budget $120,000
Gross minus budget $11.9M
ROI 100.00x

Domestic gross

$4.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dolemite 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 #7,185 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1975 releases #28 Release-year chart position of 67 titles Ranked against movies released in 1975. Primary genre #2,045 Action of 2,939 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.

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Quick answer

How did Dolemite (1975) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Dolemite (1975) earned a reported $12.0M worldwide against a reported $120.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $11.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 100.00x. In this database it currently ranks #7,185 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #28 among 1975 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,000,000
Budget
$120,000
Gross minus budget
$11,880,000
ROI
100.00x
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

Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 26, 1975
Production
Comedian Intl Enterprise Productions (C.I.E.), Dimension Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyComedian Intl Enterprise Productions (C.i.e.) FranchiseDolemite Release year chart1975 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1975, Dolemite is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy, Crime title from Comedian Intl Enterprise Productions (C.I.E.). Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.0M, reported production budget is $120,000, gross-minus-budget is $11.9M, ROI is 100.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,185 all-time in the current chart set and #28 among 1975 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.