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#10,674 All-time worldwide
#50 1974 releases

Movie profile

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

1974 · 120 min · United Welco

Drama Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.7M
Budget $900,000
Gross minus budget $800,000
ROI 1.89x

Domestic gross

$850,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$850,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$153,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 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 #10,674 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1974 releases #50 Release-year chart position of 72 titles Ranked against movies released in 1974. Primary genre #4,672 Drama of 5,859 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 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) earned a reported $1.7M worldwide against a reported $900.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $800.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.89x. In this database it currently ranks #10,674 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #50 among 1974 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,700,000
Budget
$900,000
Gross minus budget
$800,000
ROI
1.89x
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

The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 11, 1974
Production
United Welco, Astral Bellevue Pathé, Canadian Film Development Corporation
Countries
CA

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Studio / production companyUnited Welco Release year chart1974 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1974, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy title from United Welco. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.7M, reported production budget is $900,000, gross-minus-budget is $800,000, ROI is 1.89x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,674 all-time in the current chart set and #50 among 1974 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.