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#7,355 All-time worldwide
#45 1978 releases

Movie profile

The Legacy

1978 · 102 min · Universal Pictures

Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $11.4M
Budget $2.5M
Gross minus budget $8.9M
ROI 4.55x

Domestic gross

$5.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Legacy 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 #7,355 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #45 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Studio / company #288 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #715 Horror of 1,240 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 Legacy (1978) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Legacy (1978) earned a reported $11.4M worldwide against a reported $2.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $8.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.55x. In this database it currently ranks #7,355 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #45 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross
$11,364,985
Budget
$2,500,000
Gross minus budget
$8,864,985
ROI
4.55x
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

A couple attempts to unravel a sinister plot within the English countryside estate of a dying man who has gathered an eclectic and notable group of house guests.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 29, 1978
Production
Universal Pictures, Pethurst Ltd., The Turman-Foster Company
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUniversal Pictures Release year chart1978 box office Genre chartHorror

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, The Legacy is positioned in this dataset as a Horror title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $11.4M, reported production budget is $2.5M, gross-minus-budget is $8.9M, ROI is 4.55x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,355 all-time in the current chart set and #45 among 1978 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.