This Is New Zealand backdrop
This Is New Zealand poster
#12,580 All-time worldwide
#54 1970 releases

Movie profile

This Is New Zealand

1970 · 22 min · Park Road Post

Documentary History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $22,224
Budget $150,000
Gross minus budget -$127,776
ROI 0.15x

Domestic gross

$8,890

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13,334

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2,489

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where This Is New Zealand 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 #12,580 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1970 releases #54 Release-year chart position of 60 titles Ranked against movies released in 1970. Primary genre #188 Documentary of 204 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.

#12,577 American Friends 1991 · $23,358 #12,578 The servant 1990 · $23,000 #12,579 The Atomic Cafe 1982 · $22,293 #12,581 The Pickpocket 1970 · $22,000 #12,581 A Man Against the Law 1988 · $22,000 #12,581 Nannousah 1992 · $22,000

Quick answer

How did This Is New Zealand (1970) perform at the box office?

High confidence

This Is New Zealand (1970) earned a reported $22.2K worldwide against a reported $150.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$127.8K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.15x. In this database it currently ranks #12,580 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #54 among 1970 releases.

Worldwide gross
$22,224
Budget
$150,000
Gross minus budget
-$127,776
ROI
0.15x
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

The movie that wowed audiences at Expo 70. The film combined scenic images including aerial cinematography with rousing classical music such as Sibelius' Karelia Suite. Using then ground-breaking technology, the film required three separate but synchronised 35mm film projectors which projected their images onto an extra-wide screen. In 2004/2005 Archives New Zealand commissioned a restoration at post production facility, Park Road Post. Hugh Macdonald, the original director, was involved in the restoration and Kit Rollings, the original sound mixer assisted with the updated soundtrack. The remastered film was released for sale on DVD in 2014.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 13, 1970
Production
Park Road Post, Archives New Zealand, Hugh MacDonald Film
Countries
NZ

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1970, This Is New Zealand is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary, History title from Park Road Post. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $22,224, reported production budget is $150,000, gross-minus-budget is -$127,776, ROI is 0.15x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,580 all-time in the current chart set and #54 among 1970 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.