#10,507 All-time worldwide

#19 1949 releases

Movie profile

Mighty Joe Young

Name: Mighty Joe Young
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Action
Released: 1949-07-13
Duration: 94 min

1949 · 94 min · Argosy Pictures

Adventure Fantasy Drama Action

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $2.0M

Budget $1.8M

Gross minus budget $150,000

ROI 1.08x

Domestic gross

$975,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$975,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$175,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mighty Joe Young ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,507 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1949 releases #19 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1949. Studio / company #4 Argosy Pictures of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Argosy Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,974 Adventure of 2,164 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 Mighty Joe Young (1949) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Mighty Joe Young (1949) earned a reported $2.0M worldwide against a reported $1.8M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $150.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.08x. In this database it currently ranks #10,507 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #19 among 1949 releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,950,000
Budget: $1,800,000
Gross minus budget: $150,000
ROI: 1.08x

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: Jul 13, 1949
Production: Argosy Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyArgosy Pictures Release year chart1949 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFantasy Genre chartDrama Genre chartAction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1949, Mighty Joe Young is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Fantasy, Drama title from Argosy Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.0M, reported production budget is $1.8M, gross-minus-budget is $150,000, ROI is 1.08x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,507 all-time in the current chart set and #19 among 1949 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

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.