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#1,077 All-time worldwide

#1 1938 releases

Movie profile

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Name: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family
Released: 1938-01-14
Duration: 83 min

1938 · 83 min · Walt Disney Productions

Fantasy Animation Family

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $184.9M

Budget $1.5M

Gross minus budget $183.4M

ROI 124.24x

Domestic gross

$79.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$105.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$23.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,077 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1938 releases #1 Release-year chart position of 16 titles Ranked against movies released in 1938. Studio / company #6 Walt Disney Productions of 54 titles Position inside the mapped Walt Disney Productions movie set. Primary genre #224 Fantasy of 1,306 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 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938) perform at the box office?

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938) earned a reported $184.9M worldwide against a reported $1.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $183.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 124.24x. In this database it currently ranks #1,077 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #1 among 1938 releases.

Worldwide gross: $184,925,486
Budget: $1,488,423
Gross minus budget: $183,437,063
ROI: 124.24x

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: Jan 14, 1938
Production: Walt Disney Productions
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyWalt Disney Productions Release year chart1938 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartAnimation Genre chartFamily

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1938, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Animation, Family title from Walt Disney Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $184.9M, reported production budget is $1.5M, gross-minus-budget is $183.4M, ROI is 124.24x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,077 all-time in the current chart set and #1 among 1938 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.