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#10,693 All-time worldwide
#23 1949 releases

Movie profile

Down to the Sea in Ships

1949 · 120 min · 20th Century Fox

Drama Adventure Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.7M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$825,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$825,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$148,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Down to the Sea in Ships 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 #10,693 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1949 releases #23 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1949. Studio / company #191 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #4,751 Drama of 6,006 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 Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) perform at the box office?

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Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $1.7M. In this database it currently ranks #10,693 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #23 among 1949 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,650,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 15, 1949
Production
20th Century Fox
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1949, Down to the Sea in Ships is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Adventure, Action title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.7M. For comparison, it currently sits #10,693 all-time in the current chart set and #23 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.