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#12,159 All-time worldwide
#45 1972 releases

Movie profile

Joy Hotel

1972 · 92 min · Ihab El Leithy Films

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $140,000
Budget $120,000
Gross minus budget $20,000
ROI 1.17x

Domestic gross

$70,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$70,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$12,600

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Joy Hotel 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 #12,159 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1972 releases #45 Release-year chart position of 52 titles Ranked against movies released in 1972. Studio / company #3 Ihab El Leithy Films of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Ihab El Leithy Films movie set. Primary genre #4,620 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.

#12,156 Blue Beach 1982 · $140,702 #12,157 Pecata minuta 1999 · $140,175 #12,158 The Terrorist 1998 · $140,021 #12,161 Men Of Respect 1990 · $139,155 #12,162 A Girl Called Apple 1997 · $139,000 #12,163 Winter Stories 1999 · $138,411

Quick answer

How did Joy Hotel (1972) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Joy Hotel (1972) earned a reported $140.0K worldwide against a reported $120.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $20.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.17x. In this database it currently ranks #12,159 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #45 among 1972 releases.

Worldwide gross
$140,000
Budget
$120,000
Gross minus budget
$20,000
ROI
1.17x
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

The two servants take Ahmed to the airport on his way to England, the plane breaks down and Ahmed returns to his palace knowing that they have turned it into a hotel they rent to tourists, the two servants know about it, so they change everything but after it is too late.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 1, 1972
Production
Ihab El-Leithy films
Countries
EG

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyIhab El Leithy Films Release year chart1972 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1972, Joy Hotel is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Ihab El-Leithy films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $140,000, reported production budget is $120,000, gross-minus-budget is $20,000, ROI is 1.17x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,159 all-time in the current chart set and #45 among 1972 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.