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#9,511 All-time worldwide
#39 1974 releases

Movie profile

The Bears and I

1974 · 89 min · Walt Disney Productions

Adventure Drama Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.0M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$1.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$516,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Bears and I ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #9,511 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1974 releases #39 Release-year chart position of 72 titles Ranked against movies released in 1974. Studio / company #46 Walt Disney Productions of 54 titles Position inside the mapped Walt Disney Productions movie set. Primary genre #1,844 Adventure of 2,138 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.

#9,508 The Wild North 1952 · $4.0M #9,509 Maytime 1937 · $4.0M #9,510 Restoration 1995 · $4.0M #9,547 Gordy 1995 · $4.0M #9,548 Stop! That! Train! 2026 · $4.0M #9,549 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael 1990 · $4.0M

Quick answer

How did The Bears and I (1974) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

The Bears and I (1974) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $4.0M. In this database it currently ranks #9,511 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #39 among 1974 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,000,000
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

When a man adopts three black bear cubs, he faces one of the hardest decisions of his life. Set in the wilderness of British Columbia, Canada, Robert Leslie struggles to keep his bears safe and maintain relations with native Americans and park rangers.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 31, 1974
Production
Walt Disney Productions
Countries
CA

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyWalt Disney Productions Release year chart1974 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartDrama Genre chartFamily

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1974, The Bears and I is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Drama, Family title from Walt Disney Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.0M. For comparison, it currently sits #9,511 all-time in the current chart set and #39 among 1974 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.