#10,737 All-time worldwide

#17 1940 releases

Movie profile

The Grapes of Wrath

Name: The Grapes of Wrath
Genre: Drama
Released: 1940-03-15
Duration: 129 min

1940 · 129 min · 20th Century Fox

Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $1.6M

Budget $800,000

Gross minus budget $791,000

ROI 1.99x

Domestic gross

$795,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$795,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$143,190

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Grapes of Wrath ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,737 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1940 releases #17 Release-year chart position of 21 titles Ranked against movies released in 1940. Studio / company #194 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #4,777 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 Grapes of Wrath (1940) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Grapes of Wrath (1940) earned a reported $1.6M worldwide against a reported $800.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $791.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.99x. In this database it currently ranks #10,737 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #17 among 1940 releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,591,000
Budget: $800,000
Gross minus budget: $791,000
ROI: 1.99x

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: Mar 15, 1940
Production: 20th Century Fox
Countries: US

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1940 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1940, The Grapes of Wrath is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.6M, reported production budget is $800,000, gross-minus-budget is $791,000, ROI is 1.99x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,737 all-time in the current chart set and #17 among 1940 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.