#7,525 All-time worldwide

#6 1946 releases

Movie profile

The Big Sleep

Name: The Big Sleep
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1946-08-22
Duration: 114 min

1946 · 114 min · Warner Bros. Pictures

Mystery Crime Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $10.7M

Budget $250,000

Gross minus budget $10.4M

ROI 42.73x

Domestic gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Big Sleep ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #7,525 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1946 releases #6 Release-year chart position of 30 titles Ranked against movies released in 1946. Studio / company #172 Warner Bros. Pictures of 288 titles Position inside the mapped Warner Bros. Pictures movie set. Primary genre #634 Mystery of 982 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 The Big Sleep (1946) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Big Sleep (1946) earned a reported $10.7M worldwide against a reported $250.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $10.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 42.73x. In this database it currently ranks #7,525 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #6 among 1946 releases.

Worldwide gross: $10,682,000
Budget: $250,000
Gross minus budget: $10,432,000
ROI: 42.73x

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: Aug 22, 1946
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyWarner Bros. Pictures Release year chart1946 box office Genre chartMystery Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1946, The Big Sleep is positioned in this dataset as a Mystery, Crime, Thriller title from Warner Bros. Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.7M, reported production budget is $250,000, gross-minus-budget is $10.4M, ROI is 42.73x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,525 all-time in the current chart set and #6 among 1946 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.