#10,234 All-time worldwide

#12 1947 releases

Movie profile

Buck Privates Come Home

Name: Buck Privates Come Home
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Action
Released: 1947-04-04
Duration: 77 min

1947 · 77 min · Universal International Pictures

Comedy Romance Action

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $2.4M

Budget $1.2M

Gross minus budget $1.2M

ROI 2.03x

Domestic gross

$946,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$264,880

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Buck Privates Come Home ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,234 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1947 releases #12 Release-year chart position of 25 titles Ranked against movies released in 1947. Studio / company #6 Universal International Pictures of 12 titles Position inside the mapped Universal International Pictures movie set. Primary genre #4,007 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.

#10,231 A Star Is Born 1937 · $2.4M #10,232 Scissors 1991 · $2.4M #10,233 Sex and Zen 1991 · $2.4M #10,235 A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon 1989 · $2.4M #10,236 Battle Circus 1953 · $2.4M #10,237 Love Laughs at Andy Hardy 1946 · $2.4M

Quick answer

How did Buck Privates Come Home (1947) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Buck Privates Come Home (1947) earned a reported $2.4M worldwide against a reported $1.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.03x. In this database it currently ranks #10,234 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #12 among 1947 releases.

Worldwide gross: $2,365,000
Budget: $1,167,500
Gross minus budget: $1,197,500
ROI: 2.03x

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 4, 1947
Production: Universal International Pictures
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1947, Buck Privates Come Home is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Romance, Action title from Universal International Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.4M, reported production budget is $1.2M, gross-minus-budget is $1.2M, ROI is 2.03x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,234 all-time in the current chart set and #12 among 1947 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.