#9,722 All-time worldwide

#11 1942 releases

Movie profile

Arabian Nights

Name: Arabian Nights
Genre: Action, Adventure
Released: 1942-12-25
Duration: 86 min

1942 · 86 min · Walter Wanger Productions

Action Adventure

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $3.5M

Budget $904,765

Gross minus budget $2.5M

ROI 3.82x

Domestic gross

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$386,782

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Arabian Nights ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #9,722 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1942 releases #11 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1942. Studio / company #1 Walter Wanger Productions of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Walter Wanger Productions movie set. Primary genre #2,567 Action of 2,974 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.

#9,719 Talk Radio 1988 · $3.5M #9,720 The Night of the 12th 2022 · $3.5M #9,721 Action in the North Atlantic 1943 · $3.5M #9,723 10th Degree Earthquake 1978 · $3.5M #9,724 Free Willy 3: The Rescue 1997 · $3.4M #9,725 Tea and Sympathy 1956 · $3.4M

Quick answer

How did Arabian Nights (1942) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Arabian Nights (1942) earned a reported $3.5M worldwide against a reported $904.8K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.82x. In this database it currently ranks #9,722 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #11 among 1942 releases.

Worldwide gross: $3,453,416
Budget: $904,765
Gross minus budget: $2,548,651
ROI: 3.82x

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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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 25, 1942
Production: Walter Wanger Productions, Universal Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyWalter Wanger Productions Release year chart1942 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1942, Arabian Nights is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure title from Walter Wanger Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.5M, reported production budget is $904,765, gross-minus-budget is $2.5M, ROI is 3.82x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,722 all-time in the current chart set and #11 among 1942 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.