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#9,918 All-time worldwide
#35 1973 releases

Movie profile

Mean Streets

1973 · 112 min · Taplin Perry Scorsese Productions

Drama Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.0M
Budget $500,000
Gross minus budget $2.5M
ROI 6.00x

Domestic gross

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$270,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mean Streets 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 #9,918 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1973 releases #35 Release-year chart position of 68 titles Ranked against movies released in 1973. Primary genre #4,300 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.

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Quick answer

How did Mean Streets (1973) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Mean Streets (1973) earned a reported $3.0M worldwide against a reported $500.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.00x. In this database it currently ranks #9,918 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #35 among 1973 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,000,000
Budget
$500,000
Gross minus budget
$2,500,000
ROI
6.00x
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

A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 14, 1973
Production
Taplin-Perry-Scorsese Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyTaplin Perry Scorsese Productions Release year chart1973 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1973, Mean Streets is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Crime title from Taplin-Perry-Scorsese Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.0M, reported production budget is $500,000, gross-minus-budget is $2.5M, ROI is 6.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,918 all-time in the current chart set and #35 among 1973 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.