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#11,895 All-time worldwide

#22 1943 releases

Movie profile

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Name: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Genre: War, Drama, Romance, Comedy
Released: 1943-07-26
Duration: 163 min

1943 · 163 min · The Archers

War Drama Romance Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $275,472

Budget $2.0M

Gross minus budget -$1.7M

ROI 0.14x

Domestic gross

$137,736

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$137,736

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$24,792

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #11,895 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1943 releases #22 Release-year chart position of 22 titles Ranked against movies released in 1943. Studio / company #5 The Archers of 6 titles Position inside the mapped The Archers movie set. Primary genre #447 War of 487 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.

#11,892 Alone 1999 · $277,035 #11,893 Beefcake 1998 · $276,379 #11,894 The Boy in Blue 1986 · $275,770 #11,896 Greed 1924 · $274,827 #11,897 The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain 1997 · $273,644 #11,898 The Rules of the Game 1939 · $273,520

Quick answer

How did The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) earned a reported $275.5K worldwide against a reported $2.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$1.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.14x. In this database it currently ranks #11,895 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #22 among 1943 releases.

Worldwide gross: $275,472
Budget: $2,000,000
Gross minus budget: -$1,724,528
ROI: 0.14x

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: Jul 26, 1943
Production: The Archers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Countries: GB

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Studio / production companyThe Archers Release year chart1943 box office Genre chartWar Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1943, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is positioned in this dataset as a War, Drama, Romance title from The Archers. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $275,472, reported production budget is $2.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$1.7M, ROI is 0.14x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,895 all-time in the current chart set and #22 among 1943 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.