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#11,544 All-time worldwide
#55 1974 releases

Movie profile

Karlsson on the Roof

1974 · 99 min · Sf Studios

Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $606,162
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$260,650

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$345,512

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$78,195

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Karlsson on the Roof 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 #11,544 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1974 releases #55 Release-year chart position of 72 titles Ranked against movies released in 1974. Studio / company #9 Sf Studios of 11 titles Position inside the mapped Sf Studios movie set. Primary genre #1,317 Family of 1,380 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.

#11,541 Ruby Cairo 1992 · $608,866 #11,542 La violación 1977 · $606,755 #11,543 The Dangers in My Heart: The Movie 2026 · $606,400 #11,545 The Little Convict 1979 · $606,000 #11,546 Othello 2026 · $605,392 #11,547 Orgazmo 1998 · $602,302

Quick answer

How did Karlsson on the Roof (1974) perform at the box office?

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Karlsson on the Roof (1974) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $606.2K. In this database it currently ranks #11,544 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #55 among 1974 releases.

Worldwide gross
$606,162
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Svante is a young boy who lives with his family in a Stockholm apartment. One day he meets Karlsson, a chubby little man in the prime of his life, who can fly using a propeller on his back and who lives in his little house on the roof.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 2, 1974
Production
SF Studios
Countries
SE

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1974, Karlsson on the Roof is positioned in this dataset as a Family title from SF Studios. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $606,162. For comparison, it currently sits #11,544 all-time in the current chart set and #55 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.