$119.5M
ROI 45.96x
Yearly chart
1974 Box Office Rankings
Year-specific reference chart with worldwide gross, reported budgets, openings and ROI where available.
About the 1974 chart
This 1974 box office chart highlights films released in 1974, 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$1.36Bvisible records
Avg budget$2.9Mbudgeted titles
Top opening—Blazing Saddles
Releases73available for year
1974 quick chart highlights
Additional ways to explore the year’s highest-performing titles.1974 movie chart
Sorted by worldwide gross.| # | Movie | Year | Worldwide | Budget | Gross - budget | ROI | Studio / Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blazing Saddles
WW
Financial
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1974 | $119.5M | $2.6M | $116.9M | 45.96x | Crossbow Productions |
| 2 |
The Towering Inferno
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $116.0M | $14.0M | $102.0M | 8.29x | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 3 |
Airport 1975
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $103.0M | $3.0M | $100.0M | 34.33x | Universal Pictures |
| 4 |
The Godfather Part II
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $102.6M | $13.0M | $89.6M | 7.89x | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 |
The Man with the Golden Gun
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $97.6M | $7.0M | $90.6M | 13.94x | Eon Productions |
| 6 |
Young Frankenstein
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $86.3M | $2.8M | $83.5M | 30.81x | Crossbow Productions |
| 7 |
Earthquake
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $79.7M | $7.0M | $72.7M | 11.38x | Universal Pictures |
| 8 |
Death Wish
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $76.6M | $3.0M | $73.6M | 25.53x | Landers Roberts Productions |
| 9 |
The Longest Yard
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $43.0M | $2.9M | $40.1M | 14.83x | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 |
Gone in 60 Seconds
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $40.0M | $1.0M | $39.0M | 40.00x | Halicki Productions |
| 11 |
Herbie Rides Again
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1974 | $38.2M | — | — | — | Walt Disney Productions |
| 12 |
Watch Out, We're Mad
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1974 | $36.8M | — | — | — | Capital Film |
| 13 |
Murder on the Orient Express
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $35.7M | $1.4M | $34.3M | 25.50x | Emi Films |
| 14 |
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $30.9M | $140,000 | $30.8M | 220.88x | Vortex |
| 15 |
Chinatown
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $30.0M | $6.0M | $24.0M | 5.00x | Paramount Pictures |
| 16 |
The Great Gatsby
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $26.5M | $6.5M | $20.0M | 4.08x | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 |
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $25.0M | $4.0M | $21.0M | 6.25x | Malpaso Productions |
| 18 |
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $21.0M | $1.8M | $19.2M | 11.67x | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 19 |
Emmanuelle
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $20.2M | $500,000 | $19.7M | 40.40x | Orphée Productions |
| 20 |
That's Entertainment!
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $19.1M | $3.2M | $15.9M | 5.97x | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| 21 |
Macon County Line
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $18.0M | $225,000 | $17.8M | 80.00x | Max Baer Productions |
| 22 |
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
WW
Financial
No budget
|
1974 | $15.2M | — | — | — | Academy Pictures Corporation |
| 23 |
The Front Page
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $15.0M | $4.0M | $11.0M | 3.75x | Universal Pictures |
| 24 |
The Sugarland Express
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $12.8M | $3.0M | $9.8M | 4.27x | Universal Pictures |
| 25 |
A Woman Under the Influence
WW
Financial
|
1974 | $12.2M | $1.0M | $11.2M | 12.20x | Faces International Films |
| 26 |
Thickets of stems
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $9.5M | $6.7M | $2.8M | 1.41x | Stodyo Msr |
| 27 |
Hanuman and the Seven Ultramen
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $9.4M | — | — | — | Chaiyo Productions |
| 28 |
Harry and Tonto
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $9.2M | $980,000 | $8.2M | 9.39x | 20th Century Fox |
| 29 |
The Four Musketeers
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $8.8M | — | — | — | Film Trust S.a. |
| 30 |
Voodoo Black Exorcist
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $7.4M | — | — | — | Mingyar |
| 31 |
It's Alive
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $7.1M | $500,000 | $6.6M | 14.20x | Larco Productions |
| 32 |
Uptown Saturday Night
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $6.7M | $3.0M | $3.7M | 2.23x | Verdon Productions Limited |
| 33 |
Mame
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $6.5M | $12.0M | -$5.5M | 0.54x | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 34 |
Swept Away
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $6.0M | — | — | — | Medusa Distribuzione |
| 35 |
California Split
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $5.0M | — | — | — | Spelling Goldberg Productions |
| 36 |
Me, My daughter and Love
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $4.8M | $3.3M | $1.5M | 1.45x | Studio Masr |
| 37 |
The Conversation
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $4.8M | $1.6M | $3.2M | 3.00x | The Directors Company |
| 38 |
The Land That Time Forgot
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $4.4M | $625,000 | $3.8M | 7.05x | Land Associates |
| 39 |
Black Christmas
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $4.0M | $686,000 | $3.3M | 5.83x | August Films |
| 40 |
Impulse
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $4.0M | $250,000 | $3.8M | 16.00x | Conquerer Films Inc. |
| 41 |
The Bears and I
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $4.0M | — | — | — | Walt Disney Productions |
| 42 |
The Lords of Flatbush
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $4.0M | $160,000 | $3.8M | 25.00x | Columbia Pictures |
| 43 |
性爱学习
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $4.0M | $4.0M | — | 1.00x | — |
| 44 |
Juggernaut
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $3.4M | — | — | — | David V. Picker Productions |
| 45 |
Prophecies of Nostradamus
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $3.0M | — | — | — | Toho Eizo Bijutsu |
| 46 |
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $3.0M | $1.5M | $1.5M | 2.00x | Cine Camera |
| 47 |
The Tattooed Hitman
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $2.7M | — | — | — | Toei Company |
| 48 |
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $2.5M | — | — | — | Primex Italiana |
| 49 |
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $2.1M | $125,000 | $2.0M | 17.12x | Toei Company |
| 50 |
Zardoz
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $230,000 | 1.15x | John Boorman Productions |
| 51 |
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $1.7M | $900,000 | $800,000 | 1.89x | United Welco |
| 52 |
The Yakuza
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $1.5M | $5.0M | -$3.5M | 0.30x | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 53 |
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $1.3M | — | — | — | Toho |
| 54 |
The Little Prince
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $1.0M | $6.0M | -$5.0M | 0.17x | Paramount Pictures |
| 55 |
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $700,000 | $1.5M | -$800,000 | 0.47x | Optimus Films |
| 56 |
Karlsson on the Roof
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $606,162 | — | — | — | Sf Studios |
| 57 |
Al Abtaal
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $470,000 | $340,000 | $130,000 | 1.38x | Aflam Gmal Allythy |
| 58 |
Journey of a Lifetime
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $393,786 | $63,889 | $329,897 | 6.16x | — |
| 59 |
Onofre
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $317,000 | — | — | — | Este Films |
| 60 |
Phantom of the Paradise
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $250,000 | $1.3M | -$1.1M | 0.19x | Harbor Productions |
| 61 |
El último viaje
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $213,917 | — | — | — | Films Zodíaco |
| 62 |
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $186,757 | $130,000 | $56,757 | 1.44x | Tango Film |
| 63 |
A Woman for Love
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $128,000 | $77,000 | $51,000 | 1.66x | Stodyo Msr |
| 64 |
I Hate My Body
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $117,438 | — | — | — | André Kuhn |
| 65 |
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $107,502 | — | — | — | Gaumont |
| 66 |
How to Seduce a Woman
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $103,400 | — | — | — | Forward |
| 67 |
Özleyiş
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $100,000 | $55,000 | $45,000 | 1.82x | Melek Film |
| 68 |
A Poem Is a Naked Person
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $96,774 | — | — | — | Les Blank Films |
| 69 |
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $79,201 | — | — | — | Classic Films International |
| 70 |
The Fugitive
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $77,000 | $23,000 | $54,000 | 3.35x | Studio Masr |
| 71 |
Hearts and Minds
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $30,000 | — | — | — | Bbs Productions |
| 72 |
امبراطورية المعلم
WW
Financial
Hidden
|
1974 | $11,746 | $29,000 | -$17,254 | 0.41x | Rda Fylm |
| 73 |
The Phantom of Liberty
WW
Financial
No budget
Hidden
|
1974 | $6,749 | — | — | — | Greenwich Film Production |
$116.0M
ROI 8.29x
$103.0M
ROI 34.33x
$102.6M
ROI 7.89x
$97.6M
ROI 13.94x
$86.3M
ROI 30.81x
$79.7M
ROI 11.38x
$76.6M
ROI 25.53x
$43.0M
ROI 14.83x
$40.0M
ROI 40.00x
$38.2M
ROI —
$36.8M
ROI —
$35.7M
ROI 25.50x
$30.9M
ROI 220.88x
$30.0M
ROI 5.00x
$26.5M
ROI 4.08x
$25.0M
ROI 6.25x
$21.0M
ROI 11.67x
$20.2M
ROI 40.40x
$19.1M
ROI 5.97x
$18.0M
ROI 80.00x
$15.2M
ROI —
$15.0M
ROI 3.75x
$12.8M
ROI 4.27x
$12.2M
ROI 12.20x
Thickets of stems
1974 · WW
Budget $6.7M · Stodyo Msr
$9.5M
ROI 1.41x
Hanuman and the Seven Ultramen
1974 · WW
Budget — · Chaiyo Productions
$9.4M
ROI —
Harry and Tonto
1974 · WW
Budget $980,000 · 20th Century Fox
$9.2M
ROI 9.39x
The Four Musketeers
1974 · WW
Budget — · Film Trust S.a.
$8.8M
ROI —
$7.4M
ROI —
It's Alive
1974 · WW
Budget $500,000 · Larco Productions
$7.1M
ROI 14.20x
Uptown Saturday Night
1974 · WW
Budget $3.0M · Verdon Productions Limited
$6.7M
ROI 2.23x
Mame
1974 · WW
Budget $12.0M · Warner Bros. Pictures
$6.5M
ROI 0.54x
Swept Away
1974 · WW
Budget — · Medusa Distribuzione
$6.0M
ROI —
California Split
1974 · WW
Budget — · Spelling Goldberg Productions
$5.0M
ROI —
Me, My daughter and Love
1974 · WW
Budget $3.3M · Studio Masr
$4.8M
ROI 1.45x
The Conversation
1974 · WW
Budget $1.6M · The Directors Company
$4.8M
ROI 3.00x
The Land That Time Forgot
1974 · WW
Budget $625,000 · Land Associates
$4.4M
ROI 7.05x
Black Christmas
1974 · WW
Budget $686,000 · August Films
$4.0M
ROI 5.83x
Impulse
1974 · WW
Budget $250,000 · Conquerer Films Inc.
$4.0M
ROI 16.00x
The Bears and I
1974 · WW
Budget — · Walt Disney Productions
$4.0M
ROI —
The Lords of Flatbush
1974 · WW
Budget $160,000 · Columbia Pictures
$4.0M
ROI 25.00x
性爱学习
1974 · WW
Budget $4.0M
$4.0M
ROI 1.00x
Juggernaut
1974 · WW
Budget — · David V. Picker Productions
$3.4M
ROI —
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974 · WW
Budget — · Toho Eizo Bijutsu
$3.0M
ROI —
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1974 · WW
Budget $1.5M · Cine Camera
$3.0M
ROI 2.00x
The Tattooed Hitman
1974 · WW
Budget — · Toei Company
$2.7M
ROI —
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
1974 · WW
Budget — · Primex Italiana
$2.5M
ROI —
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974 · WW
Budget $125,000 · Toei Company
$2.1M
ROI 17.12x
Zardoz
1974 · WW
Budget $1.6M · John Boorman Productions
$1.8M
ROI 1.15x
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
1974 · WW
Budget $900,000 · United Welco
$1.7M
ROI 1.89x
The Yakuza
1974 · WW
Budget $5.0M · Warner Bros. Pictures
$1.5M
ROI 0.30x
$1.3M
ROI —
The Little Prince
1974 · WW
Budget $6.0M · Paramount Pictures
$1.0M
ROI 0.17x
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974 · WW
Budget $1.5M · Optimus Films
$700,000
ROI 0.47x
Karlsson on the Roof
1974 · WW
Budget — · Sf Studios
$606,162
ROI —
Al Abtaal
1974 · WW
Budget $340,000 · Aflam Gmal Allythy
$470,000
ROI 1.38x
Journey of a Lifetime
1974 · WW
Budget $63,889
$393,786
ROI 6.16x
Onofre
1974 · WW
Budget — · Este Films
$317,000
ROI —
Phantom of the Paradise
1974 · WW
Budget $1.3M · Harbor Productions
$250,000
ROI 0.19x
El último viaje
1974 · WW
Budget — · Films Zodíaco
$213,917
ROI —
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 · WW
Budget $130,000 · Tango Film
$186,757
ROI 1.44x
A Woman for Love
1974 · WW
Budget $77,000 · Stodyo Msr
$128,000
ROI 1.66x
I Hate My Body
1974 · WW
Budget — · André Kuhn
$117,438
ROI —
$107,502
ROI —
$103,400
ROI —
Özleyiş
1974 · WW
Budget $55,000 · Melek Film
$100,000
ROI 1.82x
A Poem Is a Naked Person
1974 · WW
Budget — · Les Blank Films
$96,774
ROI —
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
1974 · WW
Budget — · Classic Films International
$79,201
ROI —
The Fugitive
1974 · WW
Budget $23,000 · Studio Masr
$77,000
ROI 3.35x
Hearts and Minds
1974 · WW
Budget — · Bbs Productions
$30,000
ROI —
$11,746
ROI 0.41x
The Phantom of Liberty
1974 · WW
Budget — · Greenwich Film Production
$6,749
ROI —
1974 box office FAQ
Helpful answers about the 1974 box office chart.How many movies are included in the 1974 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.