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#12,400 All-time worldwide
#32 1962 releases

Movie profile

How the West Was Won

1962 · 164 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Western Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $76,729
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget -$14.9M
ROI 0.01x

Domestic gross

$30,692

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$46,037

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$8,594

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where How the West Was Won 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 #12,400 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1962 releases #32 Release-year chart position of 36 titles Ranked against movies released in 1962. Studio / company #278 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #232 Western of 243 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.

#12,397 Heaven 1987 · $77,886 #12,398 The Liar 1975 · $77,000 #12,398 The Fugitive 1974 · $77,000 #12,401 Silent Trigger 1996 · $76,382 #12,402 Happy Together 1989 · $75,657 #12,403 Wild Boys 1994 · $75,568

Quick answer

How did How the West Was Won (1962) perform at the box office?

High confidence

How the West Was Won (1962) earned a reported $76.7K worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$14.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.01x. In this database it currently ranks #12,400 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #32 among 1962 releases.

Worldwide gross
$76,729
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$14,923,271
ROI
0.01x
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

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 2, 1962
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cinerama Productions
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1962, How the West Was Won is positioned in this dataset as a Western, Action title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $76,729, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$14.9M, ROI is 0.01x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,400 all-time in the current chart set and #32 among 1962 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.