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#9,511 All-time worldwide
#39 1974 releases

Movie profile

Impulse

1974 · 87 min · Conquerer Films Inc.

Horror Mystery Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.0M
Budget $250,000
Gross minus budget $3.8M
ROI 16.00x

Domestic gross

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$825,600

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Impulse 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 #9,511 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1974 releases #39 Release-year chart position of 72 titles Ranked against movies released in 1974. Primary genre #901 Horror of 1,240 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.

#9,508 The Wild North 1952 · $4.0M #9,509 Maytime 1937 · $4.0M #9,510 Restoration 1995 · $4.0M #9,547 Gordy 1995 · $4.0M #9,548 Stop! That! Train! 2026 · $4.0M #9,549 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael 1990 · $4.0M

Quick answer

How did Impulse (1974) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Impulse (1974) earned a reported $4.0M worldwide against a reported $250.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 16.00x. In this database it currently ranks #9,511 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #39 among 1974 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,000,000
Budget
$250,000
Gross minus budget
$3,750,000
ROI
16.00x
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

A paranoid, leisure-suit-clad conman/gigolo named Matt Stone seduces lonely women, bilks them of their savings via an investment scam, then kills them. When he begins seeing an attractive widow, her preteen daughter Tina becomes suspicious of his motives.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 1, 1974
Production
Conquerer Films Inc.
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyConquerer Films Inc. Release year chart1974 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartMystery Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1974, Impulse is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Mystery, Thriller title from Conquerer Films Inc. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.0M, reported production budget is $250,000, gross-minus-budget is $3.8M, ROI is 16.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,511 all-time in the current chart set and #39 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.