How Chisum performed
Budget
$4.0M
Worldwide Gross
$6.0M
Gross Profit
$2.0M
Return
1.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~50/50, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Western) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
John Chisum
John Wayne
John Chisum
Lawrence Murphy
Forrest Tucker
Lawrence Murphy
Dan Nodeen
Christopher George
Dan Nodeen
James Pepper
Ben Johnson
James Pepper
Pat Garrett
Glenn Corbett
Pat Garrett
Alex McSween
Andrew Prine
Alex McSween
Sheriff Brady
Bruce Cabot
Sheriff Brady
Henry Tunstall
Patric Knowles
Henry Tunstall
Jess Evans
Richard Jaeckel
Jess Evans
Sue McSween
Lynda Day George
Sue McSween
Billy 'The Kid' Bonney
Geoffrey Deuel
Billy 'The Kid' Bonney
Sallie Chisum
Pamela McMyler
Sallie Chisum
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