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#9,918 All-time worldwide
#31 1971 releases

Movie profile

The Boy Friend

1971 · 137 min · Russflix

Music Comedy Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.0M
Budget $2.3M
Gross minus budget $700,000
ROI 1.30x

Domestic gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$336,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Boy Friend 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 #9,918 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1971 releases #31 Release-year chart position of 53 titles Ranked against movies released in 1971. Primary genre #389 Music of 561 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 Boy Friend (1971) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Boy Friend (1971) earned a reported $3.0M worldwide against a reported $2.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $700.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.30x. In this database it currently ranks #9,918 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #31 among 1971 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,000,000
Budget
$2,300,000
Gross minus budget
$700,000
ROI
1.30x
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

When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 16, 1971
Production
Russflix, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, EMI Films
Countries
GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyRussflix Release year chart1971 box office Genre chartMusic Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1971, The Boy Friend is positioned in this dataset as a Music, Comedy, Romance title from Russflix. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.0M, reported production budget is $2.3M, gross-minus-budget is $700,000, ROI is 1.30x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,918 all-time in the current chart set and #31 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.