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#12,483 All-time worldwide
#33 1949 releases

Movie profile

Stray Dog

1949 · 122 min · Film Art Association

Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $47,005
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$23,503

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$23,502

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4,231

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Stray Dog ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #12,483 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1949 releases #33 Release-year chart position of 33 titles Ranked against movies released in 1949. Primary genre #1,883 Crime of 1,921 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.

#12,479 Big Bang 1990 · $47,906 #12,481 Dementia 13 1963 · $47,664 #12,482 7 calles 1981 · $47,505 #12,484 Alphaville 1965 · $46,585 #12,485 White Dog 1982 · $46,509 #12,486 Ghost Killer 1992 · $45,159

Quick answer

How did Stray Dog (1949) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Stray Dog (1949) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $47.0K. In this database it currently ranks #12,483 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #33 among 1949 releases.

Worldwide gross
$47,005
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 17, 1949
Production
Film Art Association, Shintoho Company
Countries
JP

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1949, Stray Dog is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Thriller title from Film Art Association. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $47,005. For comparison, it currently sits #12,483 all-time in the current chart set and #33 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.