#2,307 All-time worldwide

#4 1972 releases

Movie profile

The Poseidon Adventure

Name: The Poseidon Adventure
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1972-12-01
Duration: 117 min

1972 · 117 min · Kent Productions

Adventure Drama Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $84.6M

Budget $5.0M

Gross minus budget $79.6M

ROI 16.91x

Domestic gross

$42.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$42.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Poseidon Adventure ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #2,307 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1972 releases #4 Release-year chart position of 48 titles Ranked against movies released in 1972. Primary genre #742 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.

#2,304 Going in Style 2017 · $84.6M #2,305 J. Edgar 2011 · $84.6M #2,306 Never Been Kissed 1999 · $84.6M #2,308 Beetlejuice 1988 · $84.6M #2,309 Big Fish & Begonia 2016 · $84.6M #2,310 An American Tail 1986 · $84.5M

Quick answer

How did The Poseidon Adventure (1972) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Poseidon Adventure (1972) earned a reported $84.6M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $79.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 16.91x. In this database it currently ranks #2,307 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #4 among 1972 releases.

Worldwide gross: $84,563,118
Budget: $5,000,000
Gross minus budget: $79,563,118
ROI: 16.91x

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: Dec 1, 1972
Production: Kent Productions, 20th Century Fox
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyKent Productions FranchiseThe Poseidon Adventure Release year chart1972 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1972, The Poseidon Adventure is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Drama, Thriller title from Kent Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $84.6M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $79.6M, ROI is 16.91x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,307 all-time in the current chart set and #4 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.