#7,554 All-time worldwide

#19 1971 releases

Movie profile

Play Misty for Me

Name: Play Misty for Me
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1971-10-01
Duration: 102 min

1971 · 102 min · Universal Pictures

Drama Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $10.6M

Budget $725,000

Gross minus budget $9.9M

ROI 14.62x

Domestic gross

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$954,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Play Misty for Me ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #7,554 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1971 releases #19 Release-year chart position of 53 titles Ranked against movies released in 1971. Studio / company #294 Universal Pictures of 380 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,183 Drama of 6,006 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 Play Misty for Me (1971) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Play Misty for Me (1971) earned a reported $10.6M worldwide against a reported $725.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 14.62x. In this database it currently ranks #7,554 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #19 among 1971 releases.

Worldwide gross: $10,600,000
Budget: $725,000
Gross minus budget: $9,875,000
ROI: 14.62x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Oct 1, 1971
Production: Universal Pictures, Malpaso Productions
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart1971 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1971, Play Misty for Me is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.6M, reported production budget is $725,000, gross-minus-budget is $9.9M, ROI is 14.62x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,554 all-time in the current chart set and #19 among 1971 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.