#10,089 All-time worldwide

#3 1927 releases

Movie profile

The King of Kings

Name: The King of Kings
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1927-04-19
Duration: 155 min

1927 · 155 min · De Mille Pictures Corporation

Drama History

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $2.6M

Budget $1.3M

Gross minus budget $1.4M

ROI 2.09x

Domestic gross

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$237,752

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The King of Kings ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,089 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1927 releases #3 Release-year chart position of 17 titles Ranked against movies released in 1927. Primary genre #4,446 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.

#10,086 Andy Hardy's Double Life 1942 · $2.6M #10,087 One Night Stand 1997 · $2.6M #10,088 The Eyes 2020 · $2.6M #10,090 Naked Lunch 1991 · $2.6M #10,091 Ball of Fire 1941 · $2.6M #10,092 God's Army 2000 · $2.6M

Quick answer

How did The King of Kings (1927) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The King of Kings (1927) earned a reported $2.6M worldwide against a reported $1.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.09x. In this database it currently ranks #10,089 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #3 among 1927 releases.

Worldwide gross: $2,641,687
Budget: $1,265,284
Gross minus budget: $1,376,403
ROI: 2.09x

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

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Apr 19, 1927
Production: DeMille Pictures Corporation
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1927, The King of Kings is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History title from DeMille Pictures Corporation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.6M, reported production budget is $1.3M, gross-minus-budget is $1.4M, ROI is 2.09x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,089 all-time in the current chart set and #3 among 1927 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.