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#12,634 All-time worldwide
#40 1969 releases

Movie profile

The Sorrow and the Pity

1969 · 251 min · Box Office Data

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $13,082
Budget $750,000
Gross minus budget -$736,918
ROI 0.02x

Domestic gross

$5,233

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7,849

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1,465

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Sorrow and the Pity 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 #12,634 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1969 releases #40 Release-year chart position of 46 titles Ranked against movies released in 1969.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#12,630 Cherry 2000 1987 · $14,000 #12,632 Daisies 1966 · $13,692 #12,633 Throne of Blood 1957 · $13,422 #12,635 The Prince of Pennsylvania 1988 · $13,064 #12,636 I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar 1991 · $12,876 #12,637 The Man Who Would Be King 1975 · $12,678

Quick answer

How did The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) perform at the box office?

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The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) earned a reported $13.1K worldwide against a reported $750.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$736.9K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.02x. In this database it currently ranks #12,634 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #40 among 1969 releases.

Worldwide gross
$13,082
Budget
$750,000
Gross minus budget
-$736,918
ROI
0.02x
Source: FilmDB. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Award-winning documentary about the collaboration between the Nazis and the Vichy government during World War II

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1969, The Sorrow and the Pity is positioned in this dataset as a movie title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $13,082, reported production budget is $750,000, gross-minus-budget is -$736,918, ROI is 0.02x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,634 all-time in the current chart set and #40 among 1969 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.