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#10,952 All-time worldwide
#35 1965 releases

Movie profile

The Face of Fu Manchu

1965 · 96 min · Constantin Film

Crime Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.3M
Budget $700,000
Gross minus budget $600,000
ROI 1.86x

Domestic gross

$520,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$780,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$145,600

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Face of Fu Manchu 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 #10,952 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1965 releases #35 Release-year chart position of 61 titles Ranked against movies released in 1965. Studio / company #23 Constantin Film of 24 titles Position inside the mapped Constantin Film movie set. Primary genre #1,681 Crime of 1,921 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.

#10,949 Night Head 1994 · $1.3M #10,950 Native Son 1986 · $1.3M #10,951 The Mortuary Assistant 2026 · $1.3M #10,972 Yamakasi 2001 · $1.3M #10,973 The Peacock King 1988 · $1.3M #10,974 Cousin Bette 1998 · $1.3M

Quick answer

How did The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) earned a reported $1.3M worldwide against a reported $700.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $600.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.86x. In this database it currently ranks #10,952 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #35 among 1965 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,300,000
Budget
$700,000
Gross minus budget
$600,000
ROI
1.86x
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

Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead, even though Smith witnessed his execution. A killer spray made from Tibetan berries seems to be involved and clues keep leading back to the Thames.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 6, 1965
Production
Constantin Film, Hallam Productions, Taurus Film
Countries
DE, GB, IE

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyConstantin Film FranchiseFu Manchu (Christopher Lee) Release year chart1965 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1965, The Face of Fu Manchu is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Thriller title from Constantin Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.3M, reported production budget is $700,000, gross-minus-budget is $600,000, ROI is 1.86x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,952 all-time in the current chart set and #35 among 1965 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.