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#10,443 All-time worldwide
#27 1966 releases

Movie profile

Fahrenheit 451

1966 · 113 min · Anglo Enterprises

Drama Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.0M
Budget $1.5M
Gross minus budget $500,000
ROI 1.33x

Domestic gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$180,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Fahrenheit 451 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 #10,443 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1966 releases #27 Release-year chart position of 49 titles Ranked against movies released in 1966. Primary genre #4,561 Drama of 5,859 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.

#10,440 The Man from Elysian Fields 2001 · $2.0M #10,441 Betty Blue 1986 · $2.0M #10,442 Nemesis 1992 · $2.0M #10,500 The Double Life of Véronique 1991 · $2.0M #10,501 Limbo 1999 · $2.0M #10,502 The Top Bet 1991 · $2.0M

Quick answer

How did Fahrenheit 451 (1966) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Fahrenheit 451 (1966) earned a reported $2.0M worldwide against a reported $1.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $500.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.33x. In this database it currently ranks #10,443 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #27 among 1966 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,000,000
Budget
$1,500,000
Gross minus budget
$500,000
ROI
1.33x
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

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 7, 1966
Production
Anglo Enterprises, Vineyard Film
Countries
GB

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Studio / production companyAnglo Enterprises Release year chart1966 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1966, Fahrenheit 451 is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Science Fiction title from Anglo Enterprises. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.0M, reported production budget is $1.5M, gross-minus-budget is $500,000, ROI is 1.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,443 all-time in the current chart set and #27 among 1966 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.