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#12,423 All-time worldwide
#20 1941 releases

Movie profile

The Way of All Pests

1941 · 8 min · Columbia Pictures

Animation Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $59,967
Budget $59,967
Gross minus budget —
ROI 1.00x

Domestic gross

$25,786

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$34,181

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7,736

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Way of All Pests 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 #12,423 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1941 releases #20 Release-year chart position of 22 titles Ranked against movies released in 1941. Studio / company #266 Columbia Pictures of 272 titles Position inside the mapped Columbia Pictures movie set. Primary genre #915 Animation of 948 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.

#12,420 It's Pat 1994 · $60,822 #12,421 Off-eko maitasuna 1992 · $60,705 #12,422 The Metamorphosis 1976 · $60,000 #12,424 The Big Man 1990 · $59,227 #12,425 Sonatine 1993 · $58,834 #12,426 Eyes Without a Face 1960 · $58,656

Quick answer

How did The Way of All Pests (1941) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Way of All Pests (1941) earned a reported $60.0K worldwide against a reported $60.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $0. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.00x. In this database it currently ranks #12,423 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #20 among 1941 releases.

Worldwide gross
$59,967
Budget
$59,967
Gross minus budget
$0
ROI
1.00x
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
Feb 28, 1941
Production
Columbia Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyColumbia Pictures Release year chart1941 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1941, The Way of All Pests is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Comedy title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $59,967, reported production budget is $59,967, ROI is 1.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,423 all-time in the current chart set and #20 among 1941 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.