#8,718 All-time worldwide

#4 1939 releases

Movie profile

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Name: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Genre: Drama, Romance, Horror
Released: 1939-08-31
Duration: 117 min

1939 · 117 min · RKO Radio Pictures

Drama Romance Horror

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $6.9M

Budget $1.8M

Gross minus budget $5.1M

ROI 3.82x

Domestic gross

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Hunchback of Notre Dame ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #8,718 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1939 releases #4 Release-year chart position of 16 titles Ranked against movies released in 1939. Studio / company #5 RKO Radio Pictures of 54 titles Position inside the mapped RKO Radio Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,746 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 Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) earned a reported $6.9M worldwide against a reported $1.8M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.82x. In this database it currently ranks #8,718 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #4 among 1939 releases.

Worldwide gross: $6,877,900
Budget: $1,800,000
Gross minus budget: $5,077,900
ROI: 3.82x

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 31, 1939
Production: RKO Radio Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyRKO Radio Pictures Release year chart1939 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance Genre chartHorror

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1939, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance, Horror title from RKO Radio Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.9M, reported production budget is $1.8M, gross-minus-budget is $5.1M, ROI is 3.82x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,718 all-time in the current chart set and #4 among 1939 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.