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#10,220 All-time worldwide
#31 1967 releases

Movie profile

The Night of the Generals

1967 · 148 min · Columbia Pictures

Thriller Mystery War Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.4M
Budget $5.2M
Gross minus budget -$2.8M
ROI 0.46x

Domestic gross

$960,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$268,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Night of the Generals 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 #10,220 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1967 releases #31 Release-year chart position of 60 titles Ranked against movies released in 1967. Studio / company #246 Columbia Pictures of 272 titles Position inside the mapped Columbia Pictures movie set. Primary genre #2,207 Thriller of 2,567 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 Night of the Generals (1967) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Night of the Generals (1967) earned a reported $2.4M worldwide against a reported $5.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.46x. In this database it currently ranks #10,220 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #31 among 1967 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,400,000
Budget
$5,200,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,800,000
ROI
0.46x
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

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 29, 1967
Production
Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures, Filmsonor
Countries
FR, GB

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyColumbia Pictures Release year chart1967 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartMystery Genre chartWar Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1967, The Night of the Generals is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Mystery, War title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.4M, reported production budget is $5.2M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.8M, ROI is 0.46x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,220 all-time in the current chart set and #31 among 1967 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.