#1,038 All-time worldwide

#1 1970 releases

Movie profile

The Aristocats

Name: The Aristocats
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure
Released: 1970-12-24
Duration: 78 min

1970 · 78 min · Walt Disney Productions

Animation Comedy Family Adventure

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $191.0M

Budget $4.0M

Gross minus budget $187.0M

ROI 47.75x

Domestic gross

$82.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$108.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$24.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Aristocats ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,038 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1970 releases #1 Release-year chart position of 60 titles Ranked against movies released in 1970. Studio / company #5 Walt Disney Productions of 54 titles Position inside the mapped Walt Disney Productions movie set. Primary genre #179 Animation of 948 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.

#1,035 The Longest Yard 2005 · $191.5M #1,036 The Living Daylights 1987 · $191.2M #1,037 The Equalizer 3 2023 · $191.1M #1,039 Army of the Dead 2021 · $190.7M #1,040 The Equalizer 2 2018 · $190.4M #1,041 IF 2024 · $190.3M

Quick answer

How did The Aristocats (1970) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Aristocats (1970) earned a reported $191.0M worldwide against a reported $4.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $187.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 47.75x. In this database it currently ranks #1,038 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #1 among 1970 releases.

Worldwide gross: $191,000,000
Budget: $4,000,000
Gross minus budget: $187,000,000
ROI: 47.75x

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: Dec 24, 1970
Production: Walt Disney Productions
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyWalt Disney Productions Release year chart1970 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartComedy Genre chartFamily Genre chartAdventure

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1970, The Aristocats is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Comedy, Family title from Walt Disney Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $191.0M, reported production budget is $4.0M, gross-minus-budget is $187.0M, ROI is 47.75x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,038 all-time in the current chart set and #1 among 1970 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.