$116.0M
ROI 16.11x
Yearly chart
1971 Box Office Rankings
Year-specific reference chart with worldwide gross, reported budgets, openings and ROI where available.
About the 1971 chart
This 1971 box office chart highlights films released in 1971, using available worldwide gross, budget, gross-minus-budget and ROI data. Some titles may have richer financial detail than others, depending on source coverage and later corrections.
Year gross$684.2Mvisible records
Avg budget$2.4Mbudgeted titles
Top opening—The Panic in Needle Park
Releases53available for year
1971 quick chart highlights
Additional ways to explore the year’s highest-performing titles.Top gross
Diamonds Are Forever$116.0M Fiddler on the Roof$83.3M Vanishing Point$72.3M The French Connection$41.2M Dirty Harry$36.0MBest ROI
Vanishing Point55.59x The French Connection22.89x The Last Picture Show22.41x Diamonds Are Forever16.11x A Clockwork Orange12.29xGross-minus-budget leaders
Diamonds Are Forever$108.8M Fiddler on the Roof$74.3M Vanishing Point$71.0M The French Connection$39.4M Dirty Harry$32.0M1971 movie chart
Sorted by worldwide gross.| # | Movie | Year | Worldwide | Budget | Gross - budget | ROI | Studio / Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Diamonds Are Forever
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $116.0M | $7.2M | $108.8M | 16.11x | Eon Productions |
| 2 |
Fiddler on the Roof
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $83.3M | $9.0M | $74.3M | 9.26x | United Artists |
| 3 |
Vanishing Point
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $72.3M | $1.3M | $71.0M | 55.59x | Cupid Productions |
| 4 |
The French Connection
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $41.2M | $1.8M | $39.4M | 22.89x | D'antoni Productions |
| 5 |
Dirty Harry
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $36.0M | $4.0M | $32.0M | 8.99x | Malpaso Productions |
| 6 |
The Burglars
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1971 | $33.0M | — | — | — | Columbia Films S.a. |
| 7 |
The Last Picture Show
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $29.1M | $1.3M | $27.8M | 22.41x | Bbs Productions |
| 8 |
Carnal Knowledge
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $28.6M | $5.0M | $23.6M | 5.72x | Avco Embassy Pictures |
| 9 |
A Clockwork Orange
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $27.0M | $2.2M | $24.8M | 12.29x | Polaris Productions Limited |
| 10 |
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $17.9M | $20.0M | -$2.1M | 0.90x | Walt Disney Productions |
| 11 |
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $15.2M | $150,000 | $15.1M | 101.33x | Cinemation Industries |
| 12 |
Klute
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $12.5M | $2.5M | $10.0M | 5.01x | Gus Productions |
| 13 |
The Andromeda Strain
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $12.4M | $6.5M | $5.9M | 1.90x | Robert Wise Productions |
| 14 |
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $12.3M | $2.5M | $9.8M | 4.94x | Apjac Productions |
| 15 |
Shaft
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $12.1M | $1.1M | $11.0M | 10.77x | Shaft Productions |
| 16 |
Bananas
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $11.8M | $2.0M | $9.8M | 5.92x | Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions |
| 17 |
Cold Turkey
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1971 | $11.0M | — | — | — | Tandem Productions |
| 18 |
The Devils
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $11.0M | $2.0M | $9.0M | 5.50x | Russo Productions |
| 19 |
Play Misty for Me
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $10.6M | $725,000 | $9.9M | 14.62x | Universal Pictures |
| 20 |
The Big Doll House
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $10.0M | $125,000 | $9.9M | 80.00x | New World Pictures |
| 21 |
The Omega Man
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1971 | $8.7M | — | — | — | Walter Seltzer Productions |
| 22 |
Evel Knievel
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $8.0M | $450,000 | $7.6M | 17.78x | — |
| 23 |
Big Jake
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $7.5M | $4.8M | $2.7M | 1.56x | Batjac Productions |
| 24 |
The Touch
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $6.5M | $6.9M | -$370,000 | 0.95x | Abc Pictures |
| 25 |
When Eight Bells Toll
WW
Financial
|
1971 | $5.4M | $1.8M | $3.6M | 3.00x | Winkast Film Productions |
| 26 |
A New Leaf
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $5.0M | $4.0M | $1.0M | 1.25x | Elkins Entertainment |
| 27 |
Preacherman
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $5.0M | $65,000 | $4.9M | 76.92x | Albert T. Viola Productions |
| 28 |
The Anderson Tapes
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $5.0M | $3.0M | $2.0M | 1.67x | Robert M. Weitman Productions |
| 29 |
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $4.0M | $3.0M | $1.0M | 1.33x | Wolper Pictures |
| 30 |
Straw Dogs
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $3.3M | $2.2M | $1.1M | 1.48x | Abc Pictures |
| 31 |
The Boy Friend
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $3.0M | $2.3M | $700,000 | 1.30x | Russflix |
| 32 |
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $2.8M | $250,000 | $2.5M | 11.07x | Toho |
| 33 |
THX 1138
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $2.4M | $777,000 | $1.7M | 3.14x | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 34 |
The Panic in Needle Park
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $2.2M | $1.6M | $552,000 | 1.34x | Dunne Didion Dunne |
| 35 |
Trinity Is Still My Name
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1971 | $2.1M | — | — | — | West Film |
| 36 |
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1971 | $1.8M | — | — | — | American International Productions (England) |
| 37 |
Night of Dark Shadows
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $1.4M | $900,000 | $500,000 | 1.56x | Dan Curtis Productions |
| 38 |
The Cat o' Nine Tails
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $1.2M | $1.0M | $204,739 | 1.20x | Labrador Films |
| 39 |
The Beguiled
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $1.1M | $475,000 | $625,000 | 2.32x | Malpaso Productions |
| 40 |
Macbeth
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $1.0M | $2.4M | -$1.4M | 0.42x | Caliban Films |
| 41 |
The Seven Minutes
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $1.0M | $2.4M | -$1.4M | 0.41x | 20th Century Fox |
| 42 |
Face-Off
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $600,000 | $600,000 | — | 1.00x | Canadian Film Development Corporation |
| 43 |
You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbor's Wife
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1971 | $376,184 | — | — | — | Cinemar |
| 44 |
Wake in Fright
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $371,717 | $750,000 | -$378,283 | 0.50x | Nlt |
| 45 |
The Conformist
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $233,493 | $750,000 | -$516,507 | 0.31x | Marianne Productions |
| 46 |
Lady Frankenstein
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $225,295 | $200,000 | $25,295 | 1.13x | Condor International Productions |
| 47 |
Carry On at Your Convenience
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1971 | $190,000 | — | — | — | The Rank Organisation |
| 48 |
Fire Piece
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $110,750 | $32,900 | $77,850 | 3.37x | — |
| 49 |
Hot Stuff
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $101,250 | $101,250 | — | 1.00x | Onf | Nfb |
| 50 |
Husband Needed Immediately
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $29,000 | $23,000 | $6,000 | 1.26x | Frk Almsrh Alaarby |
| 51 |
Dosti
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $20,000 | $15,000 | $5,000 | 1.33x | Punjab Pictures |
| 52 |
And Now for Something Completely Different
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $7,000 | $100,000 | -$93,000 | 0.07x | Kettledrum Films |
| 53 |
Duel
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1971 | $2,544 | $450,000 | -$447,456 | 0.01x | Universal Television |
$83.3M
ROI 9.26x
$72.3M
ROI 55.59x
$41.2M
ROI 22.89x
$36.0M
ROI 8.99x
$33.0M
ROI —
$29.1M
ROI 22.41x
$28.6M
ROI 5.72x
$27.0M
ROI 12.29x
$17.9M
ROI 0.90x
$15.2M
ROI 101.33x
$12.5M
ROI 5.01x
$12.4M
ROI 1.90x
$12.3M
ROI 4.94x
$12.1M
ROI 10.77x
$11.8M
ROI 5.92x
$11.0M
ROI —
$11.0M
ROI 5.50x
$10.6M
ROI 14.62x
$10.0M
ROI 80.00x
$8.7M
ROI —
$8.0M
ROI 17.78x
$7.5M
ROI 1.56x
$6.5M
ROI 0.95x
$5.4M
ROI 3.00x
A New Leaf
1971 · WW
Budget $4.0M · Elkins Entertainment
$5.0M
ROI 1.25x
Preacherman
1971 · WW
Budget $65,000 · Albert T. Viola Productions
$5.0M
ROI 76.92x
The Anderson Tapes
1971 · WW
Budget $3.0M · Robert M. Weitman Productions
$5.0M
ROI 1.67x
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971 · WW
Budget $3.0M · Wolper Pictures
$4.0M
ROI 1.33x
Straw Dogs
1971 · WW
Budget $2.2M · Abc Pictures
$3.3M
ROI 1.48x
$3.0M
ROI 1.30x
$2.8M
ROI 11.07x
THX 1138
1971 · WW
Budget $777,000 · Warner Bros. Pictures
$2.4M
ROI 3.14x
The Panic in Needle Park
1971 · WW
Budget $1.6M · Dunne Didion Dunne
$2.2M
ROI 1.34x
$2.1M
ROI —
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971 · WW
Budget — · American International Productions (England)
$1.8M
ROI —
Night of Dark Shadows
1971 · WW
Budget $900,000 · Dan Curtis Productions
$1.4M
ROI 1.56x
The Cat o' Nine Tails
1971 · WW
Budget $1.0M · Labrador Films
$1.2M
ROI 1.20x
The Beguiled
1971 · WW
Budget $475,000 · Malpaso Productions
$1.1M
ROI 2.32x
Macbeth
1971 · WW
Budget $2.4M · Caliban Films
$1.0M
ROI 0.42x
The Seven Minutes
1971 · WW
Budget $2.4M · 20th Century Fox
$1.0M
ROI 0.41x
Face-Off
1971 · WW
Budget $600,000 · Canadian Film Development Corporation
$600,000
ROI 1.00x
$376,184
ROI —
$371,717
ROI 0.50x
The Conformist
1971 · WW
Budget $750,000 · Marianne Productions
$233,493
ROI 0.31x
Lady Frankenstein
1971 · WW
Budget $200,000 · Condor International Productions
$225,295
ROI 1.13x
Carry On at Your Convenience
1971 · WW
Budget — · The Rank Organisation
$190,000
ROI —
Fire Piece
1971 · WW
Budget $32,900
$110,750
ROI 3.37x
$101,250
ROI 1.00x
Husband Needed Immediately
1971 · WW
Budget $23,000 · Frk Almsrh Alaarby
$29,000
ROI 1.26x
Dosti
1971 · WW
Budget $15,000 · Punjab Pictures
$20,000
ROI 1.33x
And Now for Something Completely Different
1971 · WW
Budget $100,000 · Kettledrum Films
$7,000
ROI 0.07x
Duel
1971 · WW
Budget $450,000 · Universal Television
$2,544
ROI 0.01x
1971 box office FAQ
Helpful answers about the 1971 box office chart.How many movies are included in the 1971 box office chart?
The number of titles depends on available box office data for that release year. More records can appear as source coverage improves.
Why do some movies have more detailed box office pages?
Some titles have more complete financial, ranking and source information available. Titles with less reliable supporting data may remain listed in ranking tables until more detail is available.
What does worldwide gross mean?
Worldwide gross refers to reported theatrical box office revenue across all available markets before any later home entertainment or streaming revenue.
How is ROI calculated?
ROI is calculated from available gross and budget data. Where budget or revenue is missing, ROI may be unavailable or marked as estimated depending on the source quality.
Can more films be expanded with full box office details later?
Yes. A title can receive a more detailed page when reliable financial data, source links and useful context become available.