#3,916 All-time worldwide

#2 1966 releases

Movie profile

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Name: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Genre: Western
Released: 1966-12-23
Duration: 161 min

1966 · 161 min · United Artists

Western

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $38.9M

Budget $1.2M

Gross minus budget $37.7M

ROI 32.42x

Domestic gross

$15.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$23.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #3,916 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1966 releases #2 Release-year chart position of 49 titles Ranked against movies released in 1966. Studio / company #19 United Artists of 80 titles Position inside the mapped United Artists movie set. Primary genre #47 Western of 246 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.

#3,913 Back to the Past 2025 · $38.9M #3,914 Weird Science 1985 · $38.9M #3,915 Romeo and Juliet 1968 · $38.9M #3,918 Serenity 2005 · $38.9M #3,919 Show Dogs 2018 · $38.8M #3,920 The Wicker Man 2006 · $38.8M

Quick answer

How did The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) earned a reported $38.9M worldwide against a reported $1.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $37.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 32.42x. In this database it currently ranks #3,916 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #2 among 1966 releases.

Worldwide gross: $38,900,000
Budget: $1,200,000
Gross minus budget: $37,700,000
ROI: 32.42x

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

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 23, 1966
Production: United Artists, PEA, Arturo González PC
Countries: US, IT, ES, DE

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Studio / production companyUnited Artists Release year chart1966 box office Genre chartWestern

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1966, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is positioned in this dataset as a Western title from United Artists. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $38.9M, reported production budget is $1.2M, gross-minus-budget is $37.7M, ROI is 32.42x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,916 all-time in the current chart set and #2 among 1966 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.