The film was Disney's greatest box office success since "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" earning $8 million in gross rentals. By the end of its original run, it had earned nearly $4.28 million in North American distributor rentals (the distributor's share of the box office gross), which made it the fifth highest-grossing film released in North America in 1950. It was the fifth most popular movie at the British box office in 1951. The film is France's sixteenth biggest film of all time in terms of admissions with 13.2 million tickets sold.