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#8,055 All-time worldwide
#33 1975 releases

Movie profile

The Wind and the Lion

1975 · 119 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Action Adventure Drama History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.2M
Budget $4.5M
Gross minus budget $4.7M
ROI 2.04x

Domestic gross

$4.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$828,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Wind and the Lion 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 #8,055 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1975 releases #33 Release-year chart position of 67 titles Ranked against movies released in 1975. Studio / company #78 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #2,224 Action of 2,939 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.

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Quick answer

How did The Wind and the Lion (1975) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Wind and the Lion (1975) earned a reported $9.2M worldwide against a reported $4.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.04x. In this database it currently ranks #8,055 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #33 among 1975 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,200,000
Budget
$4,500,000
Gross minus budget
$4,700,000
ROI
2.04x
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

At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers, and the attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 22, 1975
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1975, The Wind and the Lion is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Drama title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.2M, reported production budget is $4.5M, gross-minus-budget is $4.7M, ROI is 2.04x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,055 all-time in the current chart set and #33 among 1975 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.