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#10,827 All-time worldwide
#2 1924 releases

Movie profile

The Thief of Bagdad

1924 · 149 min · Douglas Fairbanks Pictures

Romance Adventure Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.5M
Budget $1.1M
Gross minus budget $354,765
ROI 1.31x

Domestic gross

$596,168

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$894,251

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$166,927

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Thief of Bagdad 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 #10,827 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1924 releases #2 Release-year chart position of 7 titles Ranked against movies released in 1924. Primary genre #2,198 Romance of 2,646 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.

#10,824 The Raven 1963 · $1.5M #10,825 Twigson and the Sea Monster 2020 · $1.5M #10,826 The Field 1990 · $1.5M #10,828 Tum Bin 2001 · $1.5M #10,829 The Devil Makes Three 1952 · $1.5M #10,830 Endangered Species 1982 · $1.5M

Quick answer

How did The Thief of Bagdad (1924) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Thief of Bagdad (1924) earned a reported $1.5M worldwide against a reported $1.1M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $354.8K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.31x. In this database it currently ranks #10,827 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #2 among 1924 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,490,419
Budget
$1,135,654
Gross minus budget
$354,765
ROI
1.31x
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 18, 1924
Production
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDouglas Fairbanks Pictures Release year chart1924 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFantasy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1924, The Thief of Bagdad is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Adventure, Fantasy title from Douglas Fairbanks Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.5M, reported production budget is $1.1M, gross-minus-budget is $354,765, ROI is 1.31x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,827 all-time in the current chart set and #2 among 1924 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.