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#9,037 All-time worldwide
#28 1972 releases

Movie profile

The Heartbreak Kid

1972 · 105 min · 20th Century Fox

Romance Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $5.6M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$627,200

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Heartbreak Kid 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 #9,037 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1972 releases #28 Release-year chart position of 52 titles Ranked against movies released in 1972. Studio / company #137 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #1,712 Romance of 2,607 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 Heartbreak Kid (1972) perform at the box office?

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The Heartbreak Kid (1972) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $5.6M. In this database it currently ranks #9,037 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #28 among 1972 releases.

Worldwide gross
$5,600,000
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

Three days into his Miami honeymoon with needy and unsophisticated Lila, Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms his fear that he has made a serious mistake and he decides he wants to be with Kelly instead.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 17, 1972
Production
20th Century Fox, Palomar Pictures International
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1972 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1972, The Heartbreak Kid is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Comedy title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5.6M. For comparison, it currently sits #9,037 all-time in the current chart set and #28 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.