1979 Dolphin Box Office Data
#12,630 All-time worldwide
#88 1979 releases

Movie profile

Dolphin

1979 · 58 min · Box Office Data

Documentary
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14,000
Budget $170,000
Gross minus budget -$156,000
ROI 0.08x

Domestic gross

$5,600

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8,400

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1,568

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dolphin ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #12,630 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1979 releases #88 Release-year chart position of 94 titles Ranked against movies released in 1979. Primary genre #190 Documentary of 204 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.

#12,627 Major Dundee 1965 · $14,873 #12,628 Whore 2 1994 · $14,320 #12,629 George and Junior - Look Out Below 1995 · $14,217 #12,632 Daisies 1966 · $13,692 #12,633 Throne of Blood 1957 · $13,422 #12,634 The Sorrow and the Pity 1969 · $13,082

Quick answer

How did Dolphin (1979) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Dolphin (1979) earned a reported $14.0K worldwide against a reported $170.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$156.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.08x. In this database it currently ranks #12,630 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #88 among 1979 releases.

Worldwide gross
$14,000
Budget
$170,000
Gross minus budget
-$156,000
ROI
0.08x
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

A documentary about dolphins that cover the recent story of a Japanese massacre of dolphins as well as other footage of swimming with dolphins.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 1, 1979
Production
Box Office Data
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1979, Dolphin is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14,000, reported production budget is $170,000, gross-minus-budget is -$156,000, ROI is 0.08x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,630 all-time in the current chart set and #88 among 1979 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.