#9,356 All-time worldwide

#6 1942 releases

Movie profile

In Which We Serve

Name: In Which We Serve
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1942-09-17
Duration: 115 min

1942 · 115 min · Two Cities Films

Drama War

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $4.5M

Budget $250,000

Gross minus budget $4.2M

ROI 17.80x

Domestic gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$400,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where In Which We Serve ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #9,356 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1942 releases #6 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1942. Primary genre #4,083 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.

#9,353 Joy of Sex 1984 · $4.5M #9,354 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 · $4.5M #9,355 A Better Tomorrow 1986 · $4.5M #9,357 The Legend of the Swordsman 1992 · $4.4M #9,358 On the Town 1949 · $4.4M #9,359 The Assassination of Richard Nixon 2004 · $4.4M

Quick answer

How did In Which We Serve (1942) perform at the box office?

High confidence

In Which We Serve (1942) earned a reported $4.5M worldwide against a reported $250.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 17.80x. In this database it currently ranks #9,356 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #6 among 1942 releases.

Worldwide gross: $4,450,000
Budget: $250,000
Gross minus budget: $4,200,000
ROI: 17.80x

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

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Sep 17, 1942
Production: Two Cities Films, British Lion Film Corporation, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Countries: GB

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Studio / production companyTwo Cities Films Release year chart1942 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartWar

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1942, In Which We Serve is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, War title from Two Cities Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.5M, reported production budget is $250,000, gross-minus-budget is $4.2M, ROI is 17.80x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,356 all-time in the current chart set and #6 among 1942 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.