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#12,444 All-time worldwide
#48 1972 releases

Movie profile

The Cannibal Man

1972 · 98 min · Atlas International Film

Drama Horror Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $57,696
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$27,694

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$30,002

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$11,908

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Cannibal Man 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 #12,444 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1972 releases #48 Release-year chart position of 52 titles Ranked against movies released in 1972. Primary genre #5,639 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.

#12,441 Wardriver 2026 · $59,225 #12,442 Sonatine 1993 · $58,834 #12,443 Eyes Without a Face 1960 · $58,656 #12,445 The Hidden Fortress 1958 · $57,673 #12,446 Gumby: The Movie 1995 · $57,100 #12,447 Sadouh 1989 · $56,000

Quick answer

How did The Cannibal Man (1972) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

The Cannibal Man (1972) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $57.7K. In this database it currently ranks #12,444 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #48 among 1972 releases.

Worldwide gross
$57,696
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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 young man, Marco, working as a butcher, accidentally kills a taxi driver. His girlfriend Paula wants to go to the police so he has to kill her too. He then has to kill his brother, his brother’s fiancée and his father, who have become suspicious. He gets rid of the bodies by taking them to a slaughter house.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 13, 1972
Production
Atlas International Film
Countries
ES

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1972, The Cannibal Man is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Horror, Thriller title from Atlas International Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $57,696. For comparison, it currently sits #12,444 all-time in the current chart set and #48 among 1972 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.