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#12,519 All-time worldwide
#39 1969 releases

Movie profile

Early Bird Gets the Worm

1969 · 155 min · Frk Almsrh Alaarby

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $37,000
Budget $11,000
Gross minus budget $26,000
ROI 3.36x

Domestic gross

$14,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$22,200

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4,144

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Early Bird Gets the Worm 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 #12,519 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1969 releases #39 Release-year chart position of 46 titles Ranked against movies released in 1969. Studio / company #3 Frk Almsrh Alaarby of 6 titles Position inside the mapped Frk Almsrh Alaarby movie set. Primary genre #4,733 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#12,516 Torment 1994 · $39,003 #12,517 Tokyo Pop 1988 · $37,834 #12,518 Aguirre, the Wrath of God 1972 · $37,041 #12,520 The Porns 2026 · $36,842 #12,521 Death of the Scorpion 1976 · $36,636 #12,522 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 1965 · $36,122

Quick answer

How did Early Bird Gets the Worm (1969) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Early Bird Gets the Worm (1969) earned a reported $37.0K worldwide against a reported $11.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $26.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.36x. In this database it currently ranks #12,519 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #39 among 1969 releases.

Worldwide gross
$37,000
Budget
$11,000
Gross minus budget
$26,000
ROI
3.36x
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

A married man suffers from the tyranny and tyranny of his wife's mother and its great influence on her, so he tries in various ways to urge his wife to form her independent personality, and get rid of her mother's influence, which may negatively affect their relationship.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 7, 1969
Production
فرقة المسرح العربي
Countries
KW

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Studio / production companyFrk Almsrh Alaarby Release year chart1969 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1969, Early Bird Gets the Worm is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from فرقة المسرح العربي. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $37,000, reported production budget is $11,000, gross-minus-budget is $26,000, ROI is 3.36x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,519 all-time in the current chart set and #39 among 1969 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.