"The film opened strongly and initially grossed more than "The Sound of Music", but lost momentum and became a disappointment at the box office.It grossed $33.2 million at the box office in the United States, earning a theatrical rental (the distributor's share of the box office after deducting the exhibitor's cut) of $15.2 million, ranking it in the top five highest-grossing films of the 1969–1970 season.