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#9,812 All-time worldwide
#5 1939 releases

Movie profile

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1939 · 114 min · Box Office Data

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.3M
Budget $1.1M
Gross minus budget $2.2M
ROI 3.09x

Domestic gross

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$364,224

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Goodbye, Mr. Chips 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 #9,812 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1939 releases #5 Release-year chart position of 17 titles Ranked against movies released in 1939.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#9,809 Zoot Suit 1981 · $3.3M #9,810 Clifford's Really Big Movie 2004 · $3.3M #9,811 Days of Being Wild 1990 · $3.3M #9,814 Straw Dogs 1971 · $3.3M #9,815 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 1949 · $3.3M #9,815 The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946 · $3.3M

Quick answer

How did Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) perform at the box office?

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Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) earned a reported $3.3M worldwide against a reported $1.1M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.09x. In this database it currently ranks #9,812 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #5 among 1939 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,252,000
Budget
$1,051,000
Gross minus budget
$2,201,000
ROI
3.09x
Source: FilmDB. Last updated: Jul 13, 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

Throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Brookfield School, with his life and career shaped by his love for his wife and his unwavering dedication to his students.

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1939, Goodbye, Mr. Chips is positioned in this dataset as a movie title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.3M, reported production budget is $1.1M, gross-minus-budget is $2.2M, ROI is 3.09x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,812 all-time in the current chart set and #5 among 1939 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.