#8,539 All-time worldwide

#21 1968 releases

Movie profile

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Name: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Genre: Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy
Released: 1968-12-17
Duration: 144 min

1968 · 144 min · United Artists

Family Adventure Fantasy Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $7.5M

Budget $10.0M

Gross minus budget -$2.5M

ROI 0.75x

Domestic gross

$3.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$967,557

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #8,539 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1968 releases #21 Release-year chart position of 58 titles Ranked against movies released in 1968. Studio / company #56 United Artists of 80 titles Position inside the mapped United Artists movie set. Primary genre #1,133 Family of 1,396 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 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) earned a reported $7.5M worldwide against a reported $10.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.75x. In this database it currently ranks #8,539 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #21 among 1968 releases.

Worldwide gross: $7,500,445
Budget: $10,000,000
Gross minus budget: -$2,499,555
ROI: 0.75x

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 17, 1968
Production: United Artists, Dramatic Features, Warfield
Countries: GB

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Studio / production companyUnited Artists Release year chart1968 box office Genre chartFamily Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFantasy Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1968, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is positioned in this dataset as a Family, Adventure, Fantasy title from United Artists. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.5M, reported production budget is $10.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.5M, ROI is 0.75x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,539 all-time in the current chart set and #21 among 1968 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.