#3,344 All-time worldwide

#11 1978 releases

Movie profile

Revenge of the Pink Panther

Name: Revenge of the Pink Panther
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1978-01-08
Duration: 99 min

1978 · 99 min · United Artists

Comedy Crime Mystery

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $49.6M

Budget $12.0M

Gross minus budget $37.6M

ROI 4.13x

Domestic gross

$19.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$29.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Revenge of the Pink Panther ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #3,344 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #11 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Studio / company #13 United Artists of 80 titles Position inside the mapped United Artists movie set. Franchise #1 The Pink Panther (Original) of 8 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,275 Comedy of 4,945 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 Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) earned a reported $49.6M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $37.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.13x. In this database it currently ranks #3,344 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #11 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross: $49,579,269
Budget: $12,000,000
Gross minus budget: $37,579,269
ROI: 4.13x

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.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jan 8, 1978
Production: United Artists, Jewel Productions, Sellers-Edwards productions
Countries: GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUnited Artists FranchiseThe Pink Panther (Original) Release year chart1978 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime Genre chartMystery

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, Revenge of the Pink Panther is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Crime, Mystery title from United Artists. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $49.6M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is $37.6M, ROI is 4.13x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,344 all-time in the current chart set and #11 among 1978 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.