#11,724 All-time worldwide

#1 1922 releases

Movie profile

Foolish Wives

Name: Foolish Wives
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1922-01-11
Duration: 143 min

1922 · 143 min · Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Drama Thriller

IMDb View on FilmDB Where to watch

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $400,200

Budget $1.1M

Gross minus budget -$699,800

ROI 0.36x

Domestic gross

$200,100

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$200,100

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$36,018

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Foolish Wives ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #11,724 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1922 releases #1 Release-year chart position of 4 titles Ranked against movies released in 1922. Studio / company #3 Universal Film Manufacturing Company of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Film Manufacturing Company movie set. Primary genre #5,338 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.

#11,721 Raju Chacha 2000 · $402,226 #11,722 Some Girls 1988 · $401,421 #11,723 Bits & Pieces 1996 · $401,111 #11,725 Abraham Lincoln 1930 · $400,000 #11,725 Oliver Twist 1948 · $400,000 #11,725 Streetwalkin' 1985 · $400,000

Quick answer

How did Foolish Wives (1922) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Foolish Wives (1922) earned a reported $400.2K worldwide against a reported $1.1M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$699.8K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.36x. In this database it currently ranks #11,724 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #1 among 1922 releases.

Worldwide gross: $400,200
Budget: $1,100,000
Gross minus budget: -$699,800
ROI: 0.36x

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

Synopsis is not available for this title yet.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jan 11, 1922
Production: Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Countries: US

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyUniversal Film Manufacturing Company Release year chart1922 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

JustWatch

Where to watch

Streaming availability loaded for the selected region.

View all options

Region Showing United States availability.

Stream

Availability and provider links are powered by JustWatch where available. Provider availability can change by region and date.

AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1922, Foolish Wives is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $400,200, reported production budget is $1.1M, gross-minus-budget is -$699,800, ROI is 0.36x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,724 all-time in the current chart set and #1 among 1922 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.