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#11,291 All-time worldwide
#29 1949 releases

Movie profile

Big Jack

1949 · 85 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Adventure Western
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $915,000
Budget $869,000
Gross minus budget $46,000
ROI 1.05x

Domestic gross

$366,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$549,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$102,480

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Big Jack 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 #11,291 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1949 releases #29 Release-year chart position of 33 titles Ranked against movies released in 1949. Studio / company #257 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #2,027 Adventure of 2,138 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.

#11,288 Ruby 1992 · $919,286 #11,289 Brain Donors 1992 · $918,239 #11,290 Gothic 1987 · $916,172 #11,292 Strike! 1998 · $913,834 #11,293 Stuart Saves His Family 1995 · $912,082 #11,294 Bloodthirsty Hawk 1977 · $911,053

Quick answer

How did Big Jack (1949) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Big Jack (1949) earned a reported $915.0K worldwide against a reported $869.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $46.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.05x. In this database it currently ranks #11,291 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #29 among 1949 releases.

Worldwide gross
$915,000
Budget
$869,000
Gross minus budget
$46,000
ROI
1.05x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Wallace Beery, in his final film, plays a bandit in this period drama set in Colonial America.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 12, 1949
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
US

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyMetro Goldwyn Mayer Release year chart1949 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartWestern

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1949, Big Jack is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Western title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $915,000, reported production budget is $869,000, gross-minus-budget is $46,000, ROI is 1.05x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,291 all-time in the current chart set and #29 among 1949 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.