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#11,779 All-time worldwide
#44 1971 releases

Movie profile

Wake in Fright

1971 · 109 min · Nlt

Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $371,717
Budget $750,000
Gross minus budget -$378,283
ROI 0.50x

Domestic gross

$185,859

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$185,858

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$33,455

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Wake in Fright 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 #11,779 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1971 releases #44 Release-year chart position of 53 titles Ranked against movies released in 1971. Primary genre #5,280 Drama of 5,859 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.

#11,776 Britannia Hospital 1982 · $375,713 #11,777 The Affairs of Martha 1942 · $375,000 #11,778 Cut and Run 1985 · $373,530 #11,780 The Star Maker 1995 · $371,674 #11,781 Positive I.D. 1986 · $371,000 #11,782 Open Your Eyes 1997 · $370,720

Quick answer

How did Wake in Fright (1971) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Wake in Fright (1971) earned a reported $371.7K worldwide against a reported $750.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$378.3K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.50x. In this database it currently ranks #11,779 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #44 among 1971 releases.

Worldwide gross
$371,717
Budget
$750,000
Gross minus budget
-$378,283
ROI
0.50x
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 young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 21, 1971
Production
NLT, Group W, United Artists
Countries
AU, GB, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyNlt Release year chart1971 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1971, Wake in Fright is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from NLT. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $371,717, reported production budget is $750,000, gross-minus-budget is -$378,283, ROI is 0.50x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,779 all-time in the current chart set and #44 among 1971 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.