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#11,873 All-time worldwide
#78 1978 releases

Movie profile

The Priest

1978 · 100 min · Guión Pc

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $302,553
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$151,277

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$151,276

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$27,230

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Priest ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #11,873 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #78 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Primary genre #5,326 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.

#11,870 Manolo by Night 1973 · $304,387 #11,871 Empire Records 1995 · $303,841 #11,872 The Chocolate War 1988 · $303,624 #11,875 The Addiction 1995 · $302,393 #11,876 Shooting Fish 1997 · $302,204 #11,877 Food For The Sharks 1982 · $302,000

Quick answer

How did The Priest (1978) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

The Priest (1978) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $302.6K. In this database it currently ranks #11,873 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #78 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross
$302,553
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Obsessed with fantasies of sex, Father Miguel seeks professional help through his church but they are not listening; thus leaving the Father in a dilemma; leaving the church or should he try, on his own, to surrender to these temptations?

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 1, 1978
Production
Guión PC, Alborada PC
Countries
ES

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyGuión Pc Release year chart1978 box office Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, The Priest is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Guión PC. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $302,553. For comparison, it currently sits #11,873 all-time in the current chart set and #78 among 1978 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.