#2,201 All-time worldwide

#3 1972 releases

Movie profile

Fritz the Cat

Name: Fritz the Cat
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Released: 1972-04-14
Duration: 78 min

1972 · 78 min · Steve Krantz Productions

Animation Comedy Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $90.0M

Budget $700,000

Gross minus budget $89.3M

ROI 128.57x

Domestic gross

$38.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$51.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$11.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Fritz the Cat ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #2,201 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1972 releases #3 Release-year chart position of 48 titles Ranked against movies released in 1972. Studio / company #1 Steve Krantz Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Steve Krantz Productions movie set. Franchise #1 Fritz The Cat of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #275 Animation of 948 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.

#2,198 Get Him to the Greek 2010 · $90.0M #2,199 Amadeus 1984 · $90.0M #2,200 The Abyss 1989 · $90.0M #2,203 Wolf Warrior 2015 · $89.9M #2,204 Avengement 2019 · $89.9M #2,205 Patton 1970 · $89.8M

Quick answer

How did Fritz the Cat (1972) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Fritz the Cat (1972) earned a reported $90.0M worldwide against a reported $700.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $89.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 128.57x. In this database it currently ranks #2,201 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #3 among 1972 releases.

Worldwide gross: $90,000,000
Budget: $700,000
Gross minus budget: $89,300,000
ROI: 128.57x

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.

Synopsis

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Apr 14, 1972
Production: Steve Krantz Productions, Aurica Finance Company, Fritz Productions
Countries: US

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Studio / production companySteve Krantz Productions FranchiseFritz The Cat Release year chart1972 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1972, Fritz the Cat is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Comedy, Drama title from Steve Krantz Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $90.0M, reported production budget is $700,000, gross-minus-budget is $89.3M, ROI is 128.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,201 all-time in the current chart set and #3 among 1972 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.