#11,009 All-time worldwide

#7 1932 releases

Movie profile

Red Dust

Name: Red Dust
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1932-10-22
Duration: 83 min

1932 · 83 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Romance Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $1.2M

Budget $408,000

Gross minus budget $815,000

ROI 3.00x

Domestic gross

$611,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$611,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$110,070

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Red Dust ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #11,009 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1932 releases #7 Release-year chart position of 14 titles Ranked against movies released in 1932. Studio / company #240 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #2,240 Romance of 2,646 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.

#11,006 The Third Man 1949 · $1.2M #11,007 Reine & Mimmi i fjällen! 1997 · $1.2M #11,008 Patty Hearst 1988 · $1.2M #11,010 A Million to Juan 1994 · $1.2M #11,011 Mr. North 1988 · $1.2M #11,012 The Europeans 1979 · $1.2M

Quick answer

How did Red Dust (1932) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Red Dust (1932) earned a reported $1.2M worldwide against a reported $408.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $815.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.00x. In this database it currently ranks #11,009 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #7 among 1932 releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,223,000
Budget: $408,000
Gross minus budget: $815,000
ROI: 3.00x

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: Oct 22, 1932
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyMetro Goldwyn Mayer Release year chart1932 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1932, Red Dust is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.2M, reported production budget is $408,000, gross-minus-budget is $815,000, ROI is 3.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,009 all-time in the current chart set and #7 among 1932 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.