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#11,327 All-time worldwide
#12 1927 releases

Movie profile

The Unknown

1927 · 68 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Drama Thriller Romance Horror
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $847,000
Budget $217,000
Gross minus budget $630,000
ROI 3.90x

Domestic gross

$406,560

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$440,440

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$174,821

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Unknown 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 #11,327 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1927 releases #12 Release-year chart position of 17 titles Ranked against movies released in 1927. Studio / company #261 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #5,107 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.

#11,323 Equinox 1970 · $850,000 #11,323 Nishana 1995 · $850,000 #11,326 The Adventures of Mark Twain 1985 · $849,915 #11,328 One Trick Pony 1980 · $843,215 #11,329 Grave of the Fireflies 1988 · $842,132 #11,330 Street Knight 1993 · $841,015

Quick answer

How did The Unknown (1927) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Unknown (1927) earned a reported $847.0K worldwide against a reported $217.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $630.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.90x. In this database it currently ranks #11,327 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #12 among 1927 releases.

Worldwide gross
$847,000
Budget
$217,000
Gross minus budget
$630,000
ROI
3.90x
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
May 29, 1927
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
US

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1927, The Unknown is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller, Romance title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $847,000, reported production budget is $217,000, gross-minus-budget is $630,000, ROI is 3.90x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,327 all-time in the current chart set and #12 among 1927 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.