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#9,511 All-time worldwide
#39 1974 releases

Movie profile

The Lords of Flatbush

1974 · 86 min · Columbia Pictures

Drama Comedy Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.0M
Budget $160,000
Gross minus budget $3.8M
ROI 25.00x

Domestic gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$360,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Lords of Flatbush 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 #9,511 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1974 releases #39 Release-year chart position of 72 titles Ranked against movies released in 1974. Studio / company #235 Columbia Pictures of 272 titles Position inside the mapped Columbia Pictures movie set. Primary genre #4,104 Drama of 5,859 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 Lords of Flatbush (1974) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Lords of Flatbush (1974) earned a reported $4.0M worldwide against a reported $160.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 25.00x. In this database it currently ranks #9,511 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #39 among 1974 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,000,000
Budget
$160,000
Gross minus budget
$3,840,000
ROI
25.00x
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

Set in 1958, the coming of age story follows four lower middle-class Brooklyn teenagers known as The Lords of Flatbush. The Lords chase girls, steal cars, shoot pool, get into street fights, and hang out at a local malt shop.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 1, 1974
Production
Columbia Pictures, Ebbets Field
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1974, The Lords of Flatbush is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy, Romance title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.0M, reported production budget is $160,000, gross-minus-budget is $3.8M, ROI is 25.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,511 all-time in the current chart set and #39 among 1974 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.