#9,814 All-time worldwide

#10 1949 releases

Movie profile

Twelve O'Clock High

Name: Twelve O'Clock High
Genre: War, Action, Drama
Released: 1949-12-21
Duration: 132 min

1949 · 132 min · 20th Century Fox

War Action Drama

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $3.2M

Budget —

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ROI —

Domestic gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$290,250

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Twelve O'Clock High ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #9,814 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1949 releases #10 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1949. Studio / company #161 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #367 War of 487 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 Twelve O'Clock High (1949) perform at the box office?

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Twelve O'Clock High (1949) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $3.2M. In this database it currently ranks #9,814 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #10 among 1949 releases.

Worldwide gross: $3,225,000
Budget: Not available
Gross minus budget: Not available
ROI: Not available

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: Dec 21, 1949
Production: 20th Century Fox
Countries: US

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1949 box office Genre chartWar Genre chartAction Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1949, Twelve O'Clock High is positioned in this dataset as a War, Action, Drama title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.2M. For comparison, it currently sits #9,814 all-time in the current chart set and #10 among 1949 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.