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#11,790 All-time worldwide
#76 1978 releases

Movie profile

Killer of Sheep

1978 · 80 min · Milestone Films

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $362,222
Budget $100,000
Gross minus budget $262,222
ROI 3.62x

Domestic gross

$181,111

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$181,111

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$32,600

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Killer of Sheep 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 #11,790 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #76 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Primary genre #5,285 Drama of 5,859 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.

#11,787 Dracula: Prince of Darkness 1966 · $364,937 #11,788 Real Life 1979 · $364,642 #11,789 The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie 1989 · $363,561 #11,791 The Source 1999 · $360,895 #11,792 A woman pays the price 1993 · $360,000 #11,793 Audition 2000 · $359,853

Quick answer

How did Killer of Sheep (1978) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Killer of Sheep (1978) earned a reported $362.2K worldwide against a reported $100.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $262.2K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.62x. In this database it currently ranks #11,790 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #76 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross
$362,222
Budget
$100,000
Gross minus budget
$262,222
ROI
3.62x
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

An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 14, 1978
Production
Milestone Films
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMilestone Films Release year chart1978 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, Killer of Sheep is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Milestone Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $362,222, reported production budget is $100,000, gross-minus-budget is $262,222, ROI is 3.62x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,790 all-time in the current chart set and #76 among 1978 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.