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#8,333 All-time worldwide
#38 1977 releases

Movie profile

The Greatest

1977 · 102 min · Columbia Pictures

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.3M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$745,560

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Greatest 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 #8,333 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1977 releases #38 Release-year chart position of 69 titles Ranked against movies released in 1977. Studio / company #220 Columbia Pictures of 272 titles Position inside the mapped Columbia Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,517 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 Greatest (1977) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

The Greatest (1977) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $8.3M. In this database it currently ranks #8,333 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #38 among 1977 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,284,000
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

Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic boxing triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of the Army draft and the legal battle after being stripped of his World Title.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 17, 1977
Production
Columbia Pictures, EMI Films
Countries
US, GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyColumbia Pictures Release year chart1977 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1977, The Greatest is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.3M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,333 all-time in the current chart set and #38 among 1977 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.