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#9,877 All-time worldwide
#27 1965 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.1M
Budget $300,000
Gross minus budget $2.8M
ROI 10.33x

Domestic gross

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$639,840

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Repulsion ranks

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

How did Repulsion (1965) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Repulsion (1965) earned a reported $3.1M worldwide against a reported $300.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 10.33x. In this database it currently ranks #9,877 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #27 among 1965 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,100,000
Budget
$300,000
Gross minus budget
$2,800,000
ROI
10.33x
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

Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 1, 1965
Production
Compton Films, Tekli British Productions
Countries
GB

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1965, Repulsion is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller, Horror title from Compton Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.1M, reported production budget is $300,000, gross-minus-budget is $2.8M, ROI is 10.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,877 all-time in the current chart set and #27 among 1965 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.