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#4,635 All-time worldwide
#29 1981 releases

Movie profile

The Fox and the Hound

1981 · 82 min · Walt Disney Productions

Adventure Animation Drama Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $29.8M
Budget $12.0M
Gross minus budget $17.8M
ROI 2.48x

Domestic gross

$12.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$17.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Fox and the Hound 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 #4,635 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #29 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Studio / company #22 Walt Disney Productions of 54 titles Position inside the mapped Walt Disney Productions movie set. Primary genre #1,153 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.

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Quick answer

How did The Fox and the Hound (1981) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Fox and the Hound (1981) earned a reported $29.8M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $17.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.48x. In this database it currently ranks #4,635 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #29 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$29,800,000
Budget
$12,000,000
Gross minus budget
$17,800,000
ROI
2.48x
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 feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the object of his search is his best friend!

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 10, 1981
Production
Walt Disney Productions
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyWalt Disney Productions FranchiseThe Fox And The Hound Release year chart1981 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartAnimation Genre chartDrama Genre chartFamily

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, The Fox and the Hound is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Animation, Drama title from Walt Disney Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $29.8M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is $17.8M, ROI is 2.48x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,635 all-time in the current chart set and #29 among 1981 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.