#10,927 All-time worldwide

#17 1950 releases

Movie profile

Watch the Birdie

Name: Watch the Birdie
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Released: 1950-12-11
Duration: 71 min

1950 · 71 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Comedy Crime Romance

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $1.3M

Budget $996,000

Gross minus budget $322,000

ROI 1.32x

Domestic gross

$527,200

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$790,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$147,616

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Watch the Birdie ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,927 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1950 releases #17 Release-year chart position of 26 titles Ranked against movies released in 1950. Studio / company #233 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #4,258 Comedy of 4,945 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.

#10,924 Asterix the Gaul 1967 · $1.3M #10,925 Storytelling 2001 · $1.3M #10,926 Queen Margot 1994 · $1.3M #10,928 For Love and Gold 1966 · $1.3M #10,929 Wolfwalkers 2020 · $1.3M #10,930 The Believer 2001 · $1.3M

Quick answer

How did Watch the Birdie (1950) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Watch the Birdie (1950) earned a reported $1.3M worldwide against a reported $996.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $322.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.32x. In this database it currently ranks #10,927 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #17 among 1950 releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,318,000
Budget: $996,000
Gross minus budget: $322,000
ROI: 1.32x

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 11, 1950
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyMetro Goldwyn Mayer Release year chart1950 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1950, Watch the Birdie is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Crime, Romance title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.3M, reported production budget is $996,000, gross-minus-budget is $322,000, ROI is 1.32x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,927 all-time in the current chart set and #17 among 1950 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.