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#8,353 All-time worldwide
#39 1977 releases

Movie profile

Rollercoaster

1977 · 119 min · Universal Pictures

Action Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.2M
Budget $9.0M
Gross minus budget -$800,000
ROI 0.91x

Domestic gross

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$918,400

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Rollercoaster 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 #8,353 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1977 releases #39 Release-year chart position of 69 titles Ranked against movies released in 1977. Studio / company #303 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,289 Action of 2,939 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.

#8,350 Senna 2010 · $8.2M #8,351 Black Robe 1991 · $8.2M #8,352 The Machinist 2004 · $8.2M #8,364 The Castle of Cagliostro 1979 · $8.2M #8,365 Otto's Eleven 2010 · $8.2M #8,366 Behind the Blue Eyes 2023 · $8.2M

Quick answer

How did Rollercoaster (1977) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Rollercoaster (1977) earned a reported $8.2M worldwide against a reported $9.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$800.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.91x. In this database it currently ranks #8,353 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #39 among 1977 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,200,000
Budget
$9,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$800,000
ROI
0.91x
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 young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosives on the track of one of its roller coasters. After staging a similar incident in Pittsburgh, he sends a tape to a meeting of major amusement park executives in Chicago, demanding $1 million to make him stop.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 10, 1977
Production
Universal Pictures, Jennings Lang Productions
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart1977 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1977, Rollercoaster is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Thriller title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.2M, reported production budget is $9.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$800,000, ROI is 0.91x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,353 all-time in the current chart set and #39 among 1977 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.