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#8,381 All-time worldwide
#1 1916 releases

Movie profile

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1916 · 99 min · The Universal Film Mfg. Co.

Adventure Drama Action Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.0M
Budget $200,000
Gross minus budget $7.8M
ROI 40.00x

Domestic gross

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$720,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 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 #8,381 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1916 releases #1 Release-year chart position of 4 titles Ranked against movies released in 1916. Primary genre #1,720 Adventure of 2,164 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.

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Quick answer

How did 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) perform at the box office?

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) earned a reported $8.0M worldwide against a reported $200.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 40.00x. In this database it currently ranks #8,381 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #1 among 1916 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,000,000
Budget
$200,000
Gross minus budget
$7,800,000
ROI
40.00x
Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 24, 1916
Production
The Universal Film Mfg. Co.
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1916, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Drama, Action title from The Universal Film Mfg. Co. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.0M, reported production budget is $200,000, gross-minus-budget is $7.8M, ROI is 40.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,381 all-time in the current chart set and #1 among 1916 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.