Harum Scarum backdrop
Harum Scarum poster
#9,877 All-time worldwide
#27 1965 releases

Movie profile

Harum Scarum

1965 · 85 min · Four Leaf Productions

Comedy Crime Music Romance
IMDb FilmDB Where to watch

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.1M
Budget $2.4M
Gross minus budget $700,000
ROI 1.29x

Domestic gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$347,200

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Harum Scarum ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #9,877 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1965 releases #27 Release-year chart position of 61 titles Ranked against movies released in 1965. Primary genre #3,830 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#9,874 Night of the Demons 1988 · $3.1M #9,875 The Desert Child 2026 · $3.1M #9,876 K2 1991 · $3.1M #9,886 The Legend of Billie Jean 1985 · $3.1M #9,887 Black Serenade 2001 · $3.1M #9,888 Casomai 2002 · $3.1M

Quick answer

How did Harum Scarum (1965) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Harum Scarum (1965) earned a reported $3.1M worldwide against a reported $2.4M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $700.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.29x. In this database it currently ranks #9,877 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #27 among 1965 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,100,000
Budget
$2,400,000
Gross minus budget
$700,000
ROI
1.29x
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

Johnny Tyronne, action movie star and ladies man, is traveling through the Middle East on a goodwill tour to promote his latest movie, "Sands of the Desert". Once he arrives, however, he is kidnapped by a gang of assassins who were so impressed with his on-screen adventures that they want to hire him to carry out an assassination for them.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 15, 1965
Production
Four-Leaf Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyFour Leaf Productions Release year chart1965 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime Genre chartMusic Genre chartRomance

JustWatch

Where to watch

Streaming availability loaded for the selected region.
View all options
Showing United States availability.

Stream

YouTube Free

Rent

YouTube Amazon Video Fandango At Home Google Play Movies Apple TV Store

Buy

YouTube Amazon Video Fandango At Home Google Play Movies Apple TV Store

Availability and provider links are powered by JustWatch where available. Provider availability can change by region and date.

AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1965, Harum Scarum is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Crime, Music title from Four-Leaf Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.1M, reported production budget is $2.4M, gross-minus-budget is $700,000, ROI is 1.29x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,877 all-time in the current chart set and #27 among 1965 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.