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#12,908 All-time worldwide
#69 1977 releases

Movie profile

The Sentinel

1977 · 92 min · Universal Pictures

Horror Mystery Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$1

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

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Ranking context

Where The Sentinel 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 #12,908 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1977 releases #69 Release-year chart position of 69 titles Ranked against movies released in 1977. Studio / company #377 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,238 Horror of 1,240 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.

#12,904 Fatal Encounter 1994 · $5 #12,904 Schwarzwald 1992 · $5 #12,907 Dear John 1964 · $4 #12,912 If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death 1968 · $2 #12,912 صورة عائلية 1982 · $2 #12,914 The Bold and the Brave 1956 · $1

Quick answer

How did The Sentinel (1977) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

The Sentinel (1977) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $3. In this database it currently ranks #12,908 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #69 among 1977 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3
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

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 7, 1977
Production
Universal Pictures
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1977, The Sentinel is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Mystery, Fantasy title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3. For comparison, it currently sits #12,908 all-time in the current chart set and #69 among 1977 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.