#648 All-time worldwide

#1 1965 releases

Movie profile

The Sound of Music

Name: The Sound of Music
Genre: Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Released: 1965-03-29
Duration: 174 min

1965 · 174 min · Robert Wise Productions

Drama Family Music Romance

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $286.2M

Budget $8.2M

Gross minus budget $278.0M

ROI 34.90x

Domestic gross

$123.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$163.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$36.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Sound of Music ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #648 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1965 releases #1 Release-year chart position of 61 titles Ranked against movies released in 1965. Studio / company #1 Robert Wise Productions of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Robert Wise Productions movie set. Primary genre #139 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.

#645 American Pie 2 2001 · $287.6M #646 Pitch Perfect 2 2015 · $287.1M #647 The Green Mile 1999 · $286.8M #649 Oblivion 2013 · $286.2M #650 Elysium 2013 · $286.1M #651 Lethal Weapon 4 1998 · $285.4M

Quick answer

How did The Sound of Music (1965) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Sound of Music (1965) earned a reported $286.2M worldwide against a reported $8.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $278.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 34.90x. In this database it currently ranks #648 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #1 among 1965 releases.

Worldwide gross: $286,214,286
Budget: $8,200,000
Gross minus budget: $278,014,286
ROI: 34.90x

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

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Mar 29, 1965
Production: Robert Wise Productions, Argyle Enterprises, 20th Century Fox
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyRobert Wise Productions Release year chart1965 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartFamily Genre chartMusic Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1965, The Sound of Music is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Family, Music title from Robert Wise Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $286.2M, reported production budget is $8.2M, gross-minus-budget is $278.0M, ROI is 34.90x. For comparison, it currently sits #648 all-time in the current chart set and #1 among 1965 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.