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#8,608 All-time worldwide
#54 1978 releases

Movie profile

King of the Gypsies

1978 · 112 min · The De Laurentiis Company

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.3M
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget $2.3M
ROI 1.47x

Domestic gross

$3.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$659,266

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where King of the Gypsies 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 #8,608 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #54 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Studio / company #18 The De Laurentiis Company of 22 titles Position inside the mapped The De Laurentiis Company movie set. Primary genre #3,648 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.

#8,605 Alice 1990 · $7.3M #8,606 Family Affairs 2022 · $7.3M #8,607 Letters to Santa 5 2022 · $7.3M #8,609 Ejen Ali: The Movie 2019 · $7.3M #8,610 Bones 2001 · $7.3M #8,611 The Anderssons in Greece: All Inclusive 2012 · $7.3M

Quick answer

How did King of the Gypsies (1978) perform at the box office?

High confidence

King of the Gypsies (1978) earned a reported $7.3M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.47x. In this database it currently ranks #8,608 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #54 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,325,177
Budget
$5,000,000
Gross minus budget
$2,325,177
ROI
1.47x
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

Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 20, 1978
Production
The De Laurentiis Company
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyThe De Laurentiis Company Release year chart1978 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, King of the Gypsies is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from The De Laurentiis Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.3M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $2.3M, ROI is 1.47x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,608 all-time in the current chart set and #54 among 1978 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.