#5,644 All-time worldwide

#8 1966 releases

Movie profile

The Sand Pebbles

Name: The Sand Pebbles
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1966-12-20
Duration: 196 min

1966 · 196 min · Robert Wise Productions

Drama War

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $20.0M

Budget $12.0M

Gross minus budget $8.0M

ROI 1.67x

Domestic gross

$10.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Sand Pebbles ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #5,644 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1966 releases #8 Release-year chart position of 49 titles Ranked against movies released in 1966. Studio / company #2 Robert Wise Productions of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Robert Wise Productions movie set. Primary genre #2,289 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.

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Quick answer

How did The Sand Pebbles (1966) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Sand Pebbles (1966) earned a reported $20.0M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $8.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.67x. In this database it currently ranks #5,644 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #8 among 1966 releases.

Worldwide gross: $20,000,000
Budget: $12,000,000
Gross minus budget: $8,000,000
ROI: 1.67x

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

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 20, 1966
Production: Robert Wise Productions, Solar Productions, 20th Century Fox
Countries: US, TW, HK

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Studio / production companyRobert Wise Productions Release year chart1966 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartWar

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1966, The Sand Pebbles is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, War title from Robert Wise Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $20.0M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is $8.0M, ROI is 1.67x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,644 all-time in the current chart set and #8 among 1966 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.