#3,571 All-time worldwide

#4 1969 releases

Movie profile

Midnight Cowboy

Name: Midnight Cowboy
Genre: Drama
Released: 1969-05-25
Duration: 113 min

1969 · 113 min · Florin Productions

Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $44.8M

Budget $3.6M

Gross minus budget $41.2M

ROI 12.44x

Domestic gross

$22.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$22.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Midnight Cowboy ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #3,571 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1969 releases #4 Release-year chart position of 43 titles Ranked against movies released in 1969. Primary genre #1,308 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.

#3,568 The Main Event 1979 · $44.8M #3,568 In the Bedroom 2001 · $44.8M #3,570 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987 · $44.8M #3,572 The Shining 1980 · $44.8M #3,573 Still Alice 2014 · $44.8M #3,574 The Wrestler 2008 · $44.7M

Quick answer

How did Midnight Cowboy (1969) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Midnight Cowboy (1969) earned a reported $44.8M worldwide against a reported $3.6M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $41.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 12.44x. In this database it currently ranks #3,571 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #4 among 1969 releases.

Worldwide gross: $44,785,053
Budget: $3,600,000
Gross minus budget: $41,185,053
ROI: 12.44x

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: May 25, 1969
Production: Florin Productions, Jerome Hellman Productions, United Artists
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyFlorin Productions Release year chart1969 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1969, Midnight Cowboy is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Florin Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $44.8M, reported production budget is $3.6M, gross-minus-budget is $41.2M, ROI is 12.44x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,571 all-time in the current chart set and #4 among 1969 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.