#4,679 All-time worldwide

#7 1971 releases

Movie profile

The Last Picture Show

Name: The Last Picture Show
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1971-10-03
Duration: 119 min

1971 · 119 min · Bbs Productions

Drama Romance

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $29.1M

Budget $1.3M

Gross minus budget $27.8M

ROI 22.41x

Domestic gross

$14.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$14.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Last Picture Show ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #4,679 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1971 releases #7 Release-year chart position of 53 titles Ranked against movies released in 1971. Studio / company #1 Bbs Productions of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Bbs Productions movie set. Franchise #1 The Last Picture Show And Texasville of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,799 Drama of 6,006 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.

#4,676 Raising Arizona 1987 · $29.2M #4,677 The Rose 1979 · $29.2M #4,678 Viking 2016 · $29.2M #4,680 Cold Creek Manor 2003 · $29.1M #4,681 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 2022 · $29.1M #4,682 St Trinian's 2007 · $29.1M

Quick answer

How did The Last Picture Show (1971) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Last Picture Show (1971) earned a reported $29.1M worldwide against a reported $1.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $27.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 22.41x. In this database it currently ranks #4,679 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #7 among 1971 releases.

Worldwide gross: $29,133,000
Budget: $1,300,000
Gross minus budget: $27,833,000
ROI: 22.41x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Oct 3, 1971
Production: BBS Productions, Columbia Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyBbs Productions FranchiseThe Last Picture Show And Texasville Release year chart1971 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1971, The Last Picture Show is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from BBS Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $29.1M, reported production budget is $1.3M, gross-minus-budget is $27.8M, ROI is 22.41x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,679 all-time in the current chart set and #7 among 1971 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.