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#11,963 All-time worldwide
#59 1974 releases

Movie profile

Phantom of the Paradise

1974 · 92 min · Harbor Productions

Comedy Horror Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $250,000
Budget $1.3M
Gross minus budget -$1.1M
ROI 0.19x

Domestic gross

$120,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$130,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$51,600

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Phantom of the Paradise 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 #11,963 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1974 releases #59 Release-year chart position of 72 titles Ranked against movies released in 1974. Primary genre #4,549 Comedy of 4,840 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 Phantom of the Paradise (1974) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Phantom of the Paradise (1974) earned a reported $250.0K worldwide against a reported $1.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.19x. In this database it currently ranks #11,963 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #59 among 1974 releases.

Worldwide gross
$250,000
Budget
$1,300,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,050,000
ROI
0.19x
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

Singer-songwriter Winslow Leach seeks revenge on the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both Winslow's music and his favorite singer for the grand opening of Swan's new rock palace, the Paradise.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 31, 1974
Production
Harbor Productions, Pressman-Williams
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyHarbor Productions Release year chart1974 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartHorror Genre chartFantasy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1974, Phantom of the Paradise is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Horror, Fantasy title from Harbor Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $250,000, reported production budget is $1.3M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.1M, ROI is 0.19x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,963 all-time in the current chart set and #59 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.