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#12,363 All-time worldwide

#16 1927 releases

Movie profile

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

Name: The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Released: 1927-02-14
Duration: 91 min

1927 · 91 min · Carlyle Blackwell Productions

Crime Thriller Mystery

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $83,568

Budget $14,670

Gross minus budget $68,898

ROI 5.70x

Domestic gross

$33,427

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$50,141

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$9,360

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #12,363 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1927 releases #16 Release-year chart position of 17 titles Ranked against movies released in 1927. Primary genre #1,899 Crime of 1,962 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.

#12,360 Peeping Tom 1960 · $83,957 #12,361 16 Days of Glory 1985 · $83,857 #12,362 Postcards from America 1995 · $83,587 #12,364 The Real Blonde 1998 · $83,488 #12,365 Z 1969 · $83,305 #12,366 Hulchul 1995 · $82,436

Quick answer

How did The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) earned a reported $83.6K worldwide against a reported $14.7K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $68.9K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.70x. In this database it currently ranks #12,363 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #16 among 1927 releases.

Worldwide gross: $83,568
Budget: $14,670
Gross minus budget: $68,898
ROI: 5.70x

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: Feb 14, 1927
Production: Carlyle Blackwell Productions, Gainsborough Pictures
Countries: GB

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1927, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Thriller, Mystery title from Carlyle Blackwell Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $83,568, reported production budget is $14,670, gross-minus-budget is $68,898, ROI is 5.70x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,363 all-time in the current chart set and #16 among 1927 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.