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#9,400 All-time worldwide

#9 1948 releases

Movie profile

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Name: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Released: 1948-01-15
Duration: 126 min

1948 · 126 min · Warner Bros. Pictures

Adventure Drama Western

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $4.3M

Budget $3.8M

Gross minus budget $507,000

ROI 1.13x

Domestic gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$387,630

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #9,400 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1948 releases #9 Release-year chart position of 24 titles Ranked against movies released in 1948. Studio / company #207 Warner Bros. Pictures of 288 titles Position inside the mapped Warner Bros. Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,842 Adventure of 2,164 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 Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) earned a reported $4.3M worldwide against a reported $3.8M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $507.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.13x. In this database it currently ranks #9,400 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #9 among 1948 releases.

Worldwide gross: $4,307,000
Budget: $3,800,000
Gross minus budget: $507,000
ROI: 1.13x

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: Jan 15, 1948
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyWarner Bros. Pictures Release year chart1948 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartDrama Genre chartWestern

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1948, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Drama, Western title from Warner Bros. Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.3M, reported production budget is $3.8M, gross-minus-budget is $507,000, ROI is 1.13x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,400 all-time in the current chart set and #9 among 1948 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

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.