#9,911 All-time worldwide

#11 1948 releases

Movie profile

Fort Apache

Name: Fort Apache
Genre: Western
Released: 1948-05-21
Duration: 128 min

1948 · 128 min · Argosy Pictures

Western

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $3.0M

Budget $2.5M

Gross minus budget $500,000

ROI 1.20x

Domestic gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$336,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Fort Apache ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #9,911 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1948 releases #11 Release-year chart position of 24 titles Ranked against movies released in 1948. Studio / company #2 Argosy Pictures of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Argosy Pictures movie set. Primary genre #167 Western of 246 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 Fort Apache (1948) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Fort Apache (1948) earned a reported $3.0M worldwide against a reported $2.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $500.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.20x. In this database it currently ranks #9,911 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #11 among 1948 releases.

Worldwide gross: $3,000,000
Budget: $2,500,000
Gross minus budget: $500,000
ROI: 1.20x

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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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: May 21, 1948
Production: Argosy Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyArgosy Pictures Release year chart1948 box office Genre chartWestern

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1948, Fort Apache is positioned in this dataset as a Western title from Argosy Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.0M, reported production budget is $2.5M, gross-minus-budget is $500,000, ROI is 1.20x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,911 all-time in the current chart set and #11 among 1948 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.