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#11,243 All-time worldwide

#22 1947 releases

Movie profile

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Name: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Released: 1947-09-01
Duration: 110 min

1947 · 110 min · Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Comedy Fantasy Romance

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $956,625

Budget —

Gross minus budget —

ROI —

Domestic gross

$382,650

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$573,975

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$107,142

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 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 #11,243 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1947 releases #22 Release-year chart position of 25 titles Ranked against movies released in 1947. Studio / company #7 Samuel Goldwyn Productions of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Samuel Goldwyn Productions movie set. Primary genre #4,365 Comedy of 4,945 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.

#11,240 The Long Goodbye 1973 · $959,000 #11,241 King of the Mountain 1981 · $958,000 #11,242 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing 1942 · $957,878 #11,244 Peter-No-Tail 1981 · $955,401 #11,245 Heart Beat 1980 · $954,029 #11,246 Algiers 1938 · $951,801

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How did The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) perform at the box office?

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $956.6K. In this database it currently ranks #11,243 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #22 among 1947 releases.

Worldwide gross: $956,625
Budget: Not available
Gross minus budget: Not available
ROI: Not available

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: Sep 1, 1947
Production: Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Countries: US

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Studio / production companySamuel Goldwyn Productions Release year chart1947 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartFantasy Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1947, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Fantasy, Romance title from Samuel Goldwyn Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $956,625. For comparison, it currently sits #11,243 all-time in the current chart set and #22 among 1947 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.