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#12,637 All-time worldwide
#65 1975 releases

Movie profile

The Man Who Would Be King

1975 · 129 min · Persky Bright Productions

Adventure Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12,678
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget -$8.0M
ROI 0.00x

Domestic gross

$6,339

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6,339

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1,141

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Man Who Would Be King 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 #12,637 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1975 releases #65 Release-year chart position of 67 titles Ranked against movies released in 1975. Primary genre #2,119 Adventure of 2,138 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.

#12,634 The Sorrow and the Pity 1969 · $13,082 #12,635 The Prince of Pennsylvania 1988 · $13,064 #12,636 I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar 1991 · $12,876 #12,638 Velatorio (Barroco) 2026 · $12,637 #12,639 The Village Green 2026 · $12,000 #12,639 Astrapogiannos 1970 · $12,000

Quick answer

How did The Man Who Would Be King (1975) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Man Who Would Be King (1975) earned a reported $12.7K worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$8.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.00x. In this database it currently ranks #12,637 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #65 among 1975 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,678
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$7,987,322
ROI
0.00x
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

Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 3, 1975
Production
Persky-Bright Productions, Devon/Persky-Bright, Columbia Pictures
Countries
GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyPersky Bright Productions Release year chart1975 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1975, The Man Who Would Be King is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Drama title from Persky-Bright Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12,678, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$8.0M, ROI is 0.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,637 all-time in the current chart set and #65 among 1975 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.