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#11,193 All-time worldwide
#40 1971 releases

Movie profile

Macbeth

1971 · 141 min · Caliban Films

War Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.0M
Budget $2.4M
Gross minus budget -$1.4M
ROI 0.42x

Domestic gross

$500,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$500,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$90,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Macbeth 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 #11,193 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1971 releases #40 Release-year chart position of 53 titles Ranked against movies released in 1971. Primary genre #413 War of 483 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.

#11,190 Ruby in Paradise 1993 · $1.0M #11,191 Zindagi Jhand Hai 2020 · $1.0M #11,192 Meeting Venus 1991 · $1.0M #11,238 The Warrior 2001 · $996,179 #11,239 On the Rocks 2020 · $992,103 #11,240 Campus Man 1987 · $989,528

Quick answer

How did Macbeth (1971) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Macbeth (1971) earned a reported $1.0M worldwide against a reported $2.4M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.42x. In this database it currently ranks #11,193 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #40 among 1971 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,000,000
Budget
$2,400,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,400,000
ROI
0.42x
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

Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 20, 1971
Production
Caliban Films, Playboy Enterprises
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyCaliban Films Release year chart1971 box office Genre chartWar Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1971, Macbeth is positioned in this dataset as a War, Drama title from Caliban Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.0M, reported production budget is $2.4M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.4M, ROI is 0.42x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,193 all-time in the current chart set and #40 among 1971 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.