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#10,398 All-time worldwide
#37 1968 releases

Movie profile

Pretty Poison

1968 · 89 min · 20th Century Fox

Crime Drama Romance Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.1M
Budget $1.3M
Gross minus budget $775,000
ROI 1.60x

Domestic gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$186,750

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Pretty Poison 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 #10,398 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1968 releases #37 Release-year chart position of 59 titles Ranked against movies released in 1968. Studio / company #175 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #1,606 Crime of 1,921 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.

#10,395 Strawberry and Chocolate 1993 · $2.1M #10,396 Screwballs 1983 · $2.1M #10,397 The Sheltering Sky 1990 · $2.1M #10,399 Ayurveda: Art of Being 2001 · $2.1M #10,400 Ravenous 1999 · $2.1M #10,401 Auto Focus 2002 · $2.1M

Quick answer

How did Pretty Poison (1968) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Pretty Poison (1968) earned a reported $2.1M worldwide against a reported $1.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $775.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.60x. In this database it currently ranks #10,398 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #37 among 1968 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,075,000
Budget
$1,300,000
Gross minus budget
$775,000
ROI
1.60x
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 troubled arsonist spins a tale of espionage to a captivating girl, who becomes enthralled and entangled in his dangerous fantasies, leading to unexpected murder and chaos that change their lives forever.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 18, 1968
Production
20th Century Fox
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1968 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1968, Pretty Poison is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Romance title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.1M, reported production budget is $1.3M, gross-minus-budget is $775,000, ROI is 1.60x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,398 all-time in the current chart set and #37 among 1968 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.