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#8,055 All-time worldwide
#29 1974 releases

Movie profile

Harry and Tonto

1974 · 115 min · 20th Century Fox

Adventure Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.2M
Budget $980,000
Gross minus budget $8.2M
ROI 9.39x

Domestic gross

$4.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$828,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Harry and Tonto 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 #8,055 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1974 releases #29 Release-year chart position of 72 titles Ranked against movies released in 1974. Studio / company #115 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #1,655 Adventure of 2,138 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 Harry and Tonto (1974) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Harry and Tonto (1974) earned a reported $9.2M worldwide against a reported $980.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $8.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 9.39x. In this database it currently ranks #8,055 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #29 among 1974 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,200,000
Budget
$980,000
Gross minus budget
$8,220,000
ROI
9.39x
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

Harry Coombes is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his life. When his building is torn down to make way for a parking garage, Harry and his beloved cat Tonto begin a journey across the United States — visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to see before, making new friends, and saying goodbye to old friends.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 12, 1974
Production
20th Century Fox
Countries
US

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1974 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1974, Harry and Tonto is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Comedy, Drama title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.2M, reported production budget is $980,000, gross-minus-budget is $8.2M, ROI is 9.39x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,055 all-time in the current chart set and #29 among 1974 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.