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#11,042 All-time worldwide
#27 1961 releases

Movie profile

The Innocents

1961 · 100 min · Achilles

Horror Mystery Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.2M
Budget $430,000
Gross minus budget $770,000
ROI 2.79x

Domestic gross

$576,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$624,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$247,680

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Innocents 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 #11,042 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1961 releases #27 Release-year chart position of 43 titles Ranked against movies released in 1961. Primary genre #1,061 Horror of 1,240 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 Innocents (1961) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Innocents (1961) earned a reported $1.2M worldwide against a reported $430.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $770.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.79x. In this database it currently ranks #11,042 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #27 among 1961 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,200,000
Budget
$430,000
Gross minus budget
$770,000
ROI
2.79x
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

In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 24, 1961
Production
Achilles, 20th Century Fox
Countries
GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyAchilles Release year chart1961 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartMystery Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1961, The Innocents is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Mystery, Drama title from Achilles. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.2M, reported production budget is $430,000, gross-minus-budget is $770,000, ROI is 2.79x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,042 all-time in the current chart set and #27 among 1961 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.