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#10,049 All-time worldwide

#6 1936 releases

Movie profile

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Name: The Charge of the Light Brigade
Genre: Drama, Adventure, War
Released: 1936-10-20
Duration: 111 min

1936 · 111 min · Warner Bros. Pictures

Drama Adventure War

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $2.7M

Budget $1.2M

Gross minus budget $1.5M

ROI 2.28x

Domestic gross

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$246,240

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Charge of the Light Brigade ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,049 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1936 releases #6 Release-year chart position of 19 titles Ranked against movies released in 1936. Studio / company #235 Warner Bros. Pictures of 288 titles Position inside the mapped Warner Bros. Pictures movie set. Primary genre #4,427 Drama of 6,006 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 Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) earned a reported $2.7M worldwide against a reported $1.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.28x. In this database it currently ranks #10,049 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #6 among 1936 releases.

Worldwide gross: $2,736,000
Budget: $1,200,000
Gross minus budget: $1,536,000
ROI: 2.28x

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: Oct 20, 1936
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyWarner Bros. Pictures Release year chart1936 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartAdventure Genre chartWar

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1936, The Charge of the Light Brigade is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Adventure, War title from Warner Bros. Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.7M, reported production budget is $1.2M, gross-minus-budget is $1.5M, ROI is 2.28x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,049 all-time in the current chart set and #6 among 1936 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.