#11,771 All-time worldwide

#18 1936 releases

Movie profile

Big Brown Eyes

Name: Big Brown Eyes
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Released: 1936-04-03
Duration: 77 min

1936 · 77 min · Walter Wanger Productions

Comedy Mystery

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $359,009

Budget $289,696

Gross minus budget $69,313

ROI 1.24x

Domestic gross

$143,604

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$215,405

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$40,209

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Big Brown Eyes ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #11,771 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1936 releases #18 Release-year chart position of 19 titles Ranked against movies released in 1936. Studio / company #5 Walter Wanger Productions of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Walter Wanger Productions movie set. Primary genre #4,546 Comedy of 4,945 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.

#11,768 The Source 1999 · $360,895 #11,769 A woman pays the price 1993 · $360,000 #11,770 Audition 2000 · $359,853 #11,772 Revolution 1985 · $358,574 #11,773 Heroes Shed No Tears 1984 · $358,103 #11,774 American Ninja 4: The Annihilation 1990 · $358,047

Quick answer

How did Big Brown Eyes (1936) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Big Brown Eyes (1936) earned a reported $359.0K worldwide against a reported $289.7K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $69.3K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.24x. In this database it currently ranks #11,771 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #18 among 1936 releases.

Worldwide gross: $359,009
Budget: $289,696
Gross minus budget: $69,313
ROI: 1.24x

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: Apr 3, 1936
Production: Walter Wanger Productions, Paramount Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyWalter Wanger Productions Release year chart1936 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartMystery

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1936, Big Brown Eyes is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Mystery title from Walter Wanger Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $359,009, reported production budget is $289,696, gross-minus-budget is $69,313, ROI is 1.24x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,771 all-time in the current chart set and #18 among 1936 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.