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#12,233 All-time worldwide
#64 1974 releases

Movie profile

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

1974 · 81 min · Gaumont

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $107,502
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$43,001

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$64,501

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$12,040

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe 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 #12,233 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1974 releases #64 Release-year chart position of 72 titles Ranked against movies released in 1974. Studio / company #32 Gaumont of 34 titles Position inside the mapped Gaumont movie set. Franchise #2 The Tall Blond Man of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #4,652 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#12,230 Malicious 1973 · $109,133 #12,231 No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder 1987 · $108,154 #12,232 Mad Dog Time 1996 · $107,874 #12,234 Not of This Earth 1988 · $107,352 #12,235 Lawn Dogs 1997 · $106,404 #12,236 La seta ibérica 1981 · $106,282

Quick answer

How did The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974) perform at the box office?

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The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $107.5K. In this database it currently ranks #12,233 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #64 among 1974 releases.

Worldwide gross
$107,502
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

With "little captain" Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called "super spy," Colonel Toulouse kidnaps Christine and forces Francois to play again the character of "The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe" in some fake adventures. All this to stop the investigation into the death of Colonel Milan.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 12, 1974
Production
Gaumont
Countries
FR

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyGaumont FranchiseThe Tall Blond Man Release year chart1974 box office Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1974, The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Gaumont. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $107,502. For comparison, it currently sits #12,233 all-time in the current chart set and #64 among 1974 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.