NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT OR STRIKE INTENDED FOR ANY OF THIS, NO BLOCKING WORLDWIDE IS ALLOWED -------------------- Old Yeller was released on December 25, 1957, to critical acclaim, and was a commercial success, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 1957 and earning $6.25 million in the United States and Canada. The film's success led to a 1963 sequel, Savage Sam, which was based on a 1962 book by Gipson. In 2019, the Library of Congress selected Old Yeller for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".