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#9,172 All-time worldwide
#26 1971 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $5.0M
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget $2.0M
ROI 1.67x

Domestic gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$560,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Anderson Tapes 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 The Anderson Tapes (1971) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Anderson Tapes (1971) earned a reported $5.0M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.67x. In this database it currently ranks #9,172 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #26 among 1971 releases.

Worldwide gross
$5,000,000
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
$2,000,000
ROI
1.67x
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

Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 17, 1971
Production
Robert M. Weitman Productions, Columbia Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1971, The Anderson Tapes is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Thriller, Action title from Robert M. Weitman Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5.0M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is $2.0M, ROI is 1.67x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,172 all-time in the current chart set and #26 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.