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#12,581 All-time worldwide
#55 1970 releases

Movie profile

The Pickpocket

1970 · 26 min · Alhyy Almsry Alaaam Llsynma Oaltlyfzyon

Crime Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22,000
Budget $13,000
Gross minus budget $9,000
ROI 1.69x

Domestic gross

$11,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$11,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1,980

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Pickpocket 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 #12,581 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1970 releases #55 Release-year chart position of 60 titles Ranked against movies released in 1970. Studio / company #2 Alhyy Almsry Alaaam Llsynma Oaltlyfzyon of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Alhyy Almsry Alaaam Llsynma Oaltlyfzyon movie set. Primary genre #1,895 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.

#12,578 The servant 1990 · $23,000 #12,579 The Atomic Cafe 1982 · $22,293 #12,580 This Is New Zealand 1970 · $22,224 #12,584 Zombie High 1987 · $21,905 #12,585 The Sunchaser 1996 · $21,508 #12,586 The Vikings 1958 · $20,311

Quick answer

How did The Pickpocket (1970) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Pickpocket (1970) earned a reported $22.0K worldwide against a reported $13.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.69x. In this database it currently ranks #12,581 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #55 among 1970 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,000
Budget
$13,000
Gross minus budget
$9,000
ROI
1.69x
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 Pickpocket discovers that there has been a murder of one of the women whose wallet he had previously stolen, and that there is a financial reward for providing any information, so he decides to take advantage of the situation and search for the killer.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 1, 1970
Production
الهيئة المصرية العامة للسينما والتليفزيون
Countries
EG

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Studio / production companyAlhyy Almsry Alaaam Llsynma Oaltlyfzyon Release year chart1970 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1970, The Pickpocket is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama title from الهيئة المصرية العامة للسينما والتليفزيون. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22,000, reported production budget is $13,000, gross-minus-budget is $9,000, ROI is 1.69x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,581 all-time in the current chart set and #55 among 1970 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.