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#12,152 All-time worldwide
#58 1973 releases

Movie profile

The Crazies

1973 · 103 min · Pittsburgh Films

Science Fiction Horror Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $143,784
Budget $275,000
Gross minus budget -$131,216
ROI 0.52x

Domestic gross

$69,016

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$74,768

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$29,677

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Crazies ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #12,152 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1973 releases #58 Release-year chart position of 68 titles Ranked against movies released in 1973. Primary genre #1,208 Science Fiction of 1,234 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.

#12,149 Vampire Kid II 1988 · $145,134 #12,150 Al Gued3an Al Thalatha 1988 · $145,000 #12,151 The Bad Sleep Well 1960 · $144,000 #12,153 The Escape Artist 1982 · $143,369 #12,154 La Boheme 1988 · $143,247 #12,155 A Dangerous Adventure 1922 · $142,000

Quick answer

How did The Crazies (1973) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Crazies (1973) earned a reported $143.8K worldwide against a reported $275.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$131.2K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.52x. In this database it currently ranks #12,152 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #58 among 1973 releases.

Worldwide gross
$143,784
Budget
$275,000
Gross minus budget
-$131,216
ROI
0.52x
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 military attempts to contain a manmade virus causing death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 16, 1973
Production
Pittsburgh Films
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1973, The Crazies is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Horror, Action title from Pittsburgh Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $143,784, reported production budget is $275,000, gross-minus-budget is -$131,216, ROI is 0.52x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,152 all-time in the current chart set and #58 among 1973 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.