#5,365 All-time worldwide

#14 1972 releases

Movie profile

The Legend of Boggy Creek

Name: The Legend of Boggy Creek
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Horror, Thriller
Released: 1972-08-01
Duration: 87 min

1972 · 87 min · P & L

Adventure Mystery Horror Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $22.0M

Budget $160,000

Gross minus budget $21.8M

ROI 137.50x

Domestic gross

$10.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Legend of Boggy Creek ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #5,365 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1972 releases #14 Release-year chart position of 48 titles Ranked against movies released in 1972. Primary genre #1,282 Adventure of 2,164 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.

#5,362 Cousins 1989 · $22.0M #5,363 The School of the Magical Animals 2021 · $22.0M #5,364 The Three Musketeers 1973 · $22.0M #5,372 Love Don't Co$t a Thing 2003 · $22.0M #5,373 Unaccompanied Minors 2006 · $21.9M #5,374 Guy Ritchie's The Covenant 2023 · $21.9M

Quick answer

How did The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) perform at the box office?

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The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) earned a reported $22.0M worldwide against a reported $160.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $21.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 137.50x. In this database it currently ranks #5,365 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #14 among 1972 releases.

Worldwide gross: $22,000,000
Budget: $160,000
Gross minus budget: $21,840,000
ROI: 137.50x

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: Aug 1, 1972
Production: P & L
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyP & L FranchiseBoggy Creek Release year chart1972 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartMystery Genre chartHorror Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1972, The Legend of Boggy Creek is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Mystery, Horror title from P & L. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22.0M, reported production budget is $160,000, gross-minus-budget is $21.8M, ROI is 137.50x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,365 all-time in the current chart set and #14 among 1972 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.