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#9,705 All-time worldwide
#30 1970 releases

Movie profile

The Boys in the Band

1970 · 120 min · Leo Films

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.5M
Budget $5.5M
Gross minus budget -$2.0M
ROI 0.64x

Domestic gross

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$315,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Boys in the Band 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 #9,705 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1970 releases #30 Release-year chart position of 60 titles Ranked against movies released in 1970. Primary genre #4,194 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 Boys in the Band (1970) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Boys in the Band (1970) earned a reported $3.5M worldwide against a reported $5.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.64x. In this database it currently ranks #9,705 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #30 among 1970 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,500,000
Budget
$5,500,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,000,000
ROI
0.64x
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 witty, perceptive and devastating look at the personal agendas and suppressed revelations swirling among a group of gay men in Manhattan. Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some other friends to help commemorate the event. As the evening progresses, the alcohol flows, the knives come out, and Michael's demand that the group participate in a devious telephone game, unleashing dormant and unspoken emotions.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 16, 1970
Production
Leo Films, Cinema Center Films
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyLeo Films Release year chart1970 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1970, The Boys in the Band is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Leo Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.5M, reported production budget is $5.5M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.0M, ROI is 0.64x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,705 all-time in the current chart set and #30 among 1970 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.