#4,820 All-time worldwide

#14 1967 releases

Movie profile

In the Heat of the Night

Name: In the Heat of the Night
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1967-08-02
Duration: 109 min

1967 · 109 min · United Artists

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $27.4M

Budget $2.0M

Gross minus budget $25.4M

ROI 13.69x

Domestic gross

$13.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where In the Heat of the Night ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #4,820 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1967 releases #14 Release-year chart position of 57 titles Ranked against movies released in 1967. Studio / company #28 United Artists of 80 titles Position inside the mapped United Artists movie set. Primary genre #773 Crime of 1,962 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.

#4,817 Desperately Seeking Susan 1985 · $27.4M #4,818 Irrational Man 2015 · $27.4M #4,819 Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island 2015 · $27.4M #4,821 Midnight Sun 2018 · $27.4M #4,822 Brown Sugar 2002 · $27.4M #4,823 The Last Mimzy 2007 · $27.3M

Quick answer

How did In the Heat of the Night (1967) perform at the box office?

High confidence

In the Heat of the Night (1967) earned a reported $27.4M worldwide against a reported $2.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $25.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 13.69x. In this database it currently ranks #4,820 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #14 among 1967 releases.

Worldwide gross: $27,379,978
Budget: $2,000,000
Gross minus budget: $25,379,978
ROI: 13.69x

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: Aug 2, 1967
Production: United Artists, The Mirisch Company
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUnited Artists FranchiseVirgil Tibbs Trilogy Release year chart1967 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartMystery Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1967, In the Heat of the Night is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Mystery title from United Artists. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $27.4M, reported production budget is $2.0M, gross-minus-budget is $25.4M, ROI is 13.69x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,820 all-time in the current chart set and #14 among 1967 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.