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#7,860 All-time worldwide
#48 1978 releases

Movie profile

The Wild Geese

1978 · 134 min · Richmond Productions

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.9M
Budget $11.6M
Gross minus budget -$1.7M
ROI 0.85x

Domestic gross

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Wild Geese ranks

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Quick answer

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

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The Wild Geese (1978) earned a reported $9.9M worldwide against a reported $11.6M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.85x. In this database it currently ranks #7,860 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #48 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,900,000
Budget
$11,600,000
Gross minus budget
-$1,700,000
ROI
0.85x
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 British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 28, 1978
Production
Richmond Productions, Varius Entertainment Trading A.G.
Countries
GB, CH

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, The Wild Geese is positioned in this dataset as a Action title from Richmond Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.9M, reported production budget is $11.6M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.7M, ROI is 0.85x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,860 all-time in the current chart set and #48 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.