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#10,674 All-time worldwide
#41 1973 releases

Movie profile

The Laughing Policeman

1973 · 112 min · 20th Century Fox

Crime Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.7M
Budget $2.3M
Gross minus budget -$580,000
ROI 0.75x

Domestic gross

$850,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$850,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$153,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Laughing Policeman 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 #10,674 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1973 releases #41 Release-year chart position of 68 titles Ranked against movies released in 1973. Studio / company #188 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #1,642 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.

#10,671 A Home of Our Own 1993 · $1.7M #10,672 ¡Sufre, mamón! 1987 · $1.7M #10,673 Death Wish V: The Face of Death 1994 · $1.7M #10,691 The Guardian 2021 · $1.7M #10,692 City War 1988 · $1.7M #10,693 Body Rock 1984 · $1.7M

Quick answer

How did The Laughing Policeman (1973) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Laughing Policeman (1973) earned a reported $1.7M worldwide against a reported $2.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$580.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.75x. In this database it currently ranks #10,674 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #41 among 1973 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,700,000
Budget
$2,280,000
Gross minus budget
-$580,000
ROI
0.75x
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

When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner, Sgt. Jake Martin, becomes obsessed with solving the case.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 20, 1973
Production
20th Century Fox
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1973 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1973, The Laughing Policeman is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Thriller title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.7M, reported production budget is $2.3M, gross-minus-budget is -$580,000, ROI is 0.75x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,674 all-time in the current chart set and #41 among 1973 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.