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#9,477 All-time worldwide
#42 1976 releases

Movie profile

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

1976 · 103 min · 20th Century Fox

Comedy Western
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.1M
Budget $4.6M
Gross minus budget -$470,000
ROI 0.90x

Domestic gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$461,440

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox 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 #9,477 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1976 releases #42 Release-year chart position of 67 titles Ranked against movies released in 1976. Studio / company #150 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #3,684 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#9,474 Heart Condition 1990 · $4.1M #9,475 Three Colors: Red 1994 · $4.1M #9,476 My Science Project 1985 · $4.1M #9,478 Godzilla 1985 1985 · $4.1M #9,479 Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love 1997 · $4.1M #9,480 This Boy's Life 1993 · $4.1M

Quick answer

How did The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976) earned a reported $4.1M worldwide against a reported $4.6M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$470.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.90x. In this database it currently ranks #9,477 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #42 among 1976 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,120,000
Budget
$4,590,000
Gross minus budget
-$470,000
ROI
0.90x
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 female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 1, 1976
Production
20th Century Fox
Countries
US

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1976 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartWestern

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1976, The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Western title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.1M, reported production budget is $4.6M, gross-minus-budget is -$470,000, ROI is 0.90x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,477 all-time in the current chart set and #42 among 1976 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.