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#6,445 All-time worldwide

#11 1971 releases

Movie profile

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Name: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1971-03-31
Duration: 98 min

1971 · 98 min · Cinemation Industries

Action Crime Drama Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $15.2M

Budget $150,000

Gross minus budget $15.1M

ROI 101.33x

Domestic gross

$7.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #6,445 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1971 releases #11 Release-year chart position of 53 titles Ranked against movies released in 1971. Primary genre #1,900 Action of 2,974 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 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) earned a reported $15.2M worldwide against a reported $150.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $15.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 101.33x. In this database it currently ranks #6,445 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #11 among 1971 releases.

Worldwide gross: $15,200,000
Budget: $150,000
Gross minus budget: $15,050,000
ROI: 101.33x

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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Production details

Release date: Mar 31, 1971
Production: Cinemation Industries, Yeah
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyCinemation Industries Release year chart1971 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1971, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Drama title from Cinemation Industries. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $15.2M, reported production budget is $150,000, gross-minus-budget is $15.1M, ROI is 101.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,445 all-time in the current chart set and #11 among 1971 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.