How Shaft performed
Budget
$1.1M
Worldwide Gross
$12.1M
Gross Profit
$11.0M
Return
10.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
John Shaft
Richard Roundtree
John Shaft
Bumpy Jonas
Moses Gunn
Bumpy Jonas
Vic Androzzi
Charles Cioffi
Vic Androzzi
Ben Buford
Christopher St. John
Ben Buford
Ellie Moore
Gwenn Mitchell
Ellie Moore
Sergeant Tom Hannon
Lawrence Pressman
Sergeant Tom Hannon
Charlie
Victor Arnold
Charlie
Marcy
Sherri Brewer
Marcy
Rollie
Rex Robbins
Rollie
Dina Greene
Camille Yarbrough
Dina Greene
Linda
Margaret Warncke
Linda
Byron Leibowitz
Joseph Leon
Byron Leibowitz
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