#3,622 All-time worldwide

#2 1961 releases

Movie profile

West Side Story

Name: West Side Story
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Released: 1961-12-13
Duration: 153 min

1961 · 153 min · Seven Arts Productions

Crime Drama Romance

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $43.7M

Budget $6.0M

Gross minus budget $37.7M

ROI 7.28x

Domestic gross

$21.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$21.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where West Side Story ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #3,622 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1961 releases #2 Release-year chart position of 44 titles Ranked against movies released in 1961. Studio / company #1 Seven Arts Productions of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Seven Arts Productions movie set. Primary genre #564 Crime of 1,962 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 West Side Story (1961) perform at the box office?

High confidence

West Side Story (1961) earned a reported $43.7M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $37.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 7.28x. In this database it currently ranks #3,622 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #2 among 1961 releases.

Worldwide gross: $43,700,000
Budget: $6,000,000
Gross minus budget: $37,700,000
ROI: 7.28x

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: Dec 13, 1961
Production: Seven Arts Productions, The Mirisch Company, Robert Wise Productions
Countries: US

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Studio / production companySeven Arts Productions Release year chart1961 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1961, West Side Story is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Romance title from Seven Arts Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $43.7M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $37.7M, ROI is 7.28x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,622 all-time in the current chart set and #2 among 1961 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.