#9,594 All-time worldwide

#15 1955 releases

Movie profile

Bad Day at Black Rock

Name: Bad Day at Black Rock
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Western, Drama
Released: 1955-01-13
Duration: 81 min

1955 · 81 min · Loew's Incorporated

Thriller Mystery Western Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $3.8M

Budget $1.3M

Gross minus budget $2.5M

ROI 2.98x

Domestic gross

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$340,920

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Bad Day at Black Rock ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #9,594 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1955 releases #15 Release-year chart position of 38 titles Ranked against movies released in 1955. Studio / company #4 Loew's Incorporated of 6 titles Position inside the mapped Loew's Incorporated movie set. Primary genre #2,125 Thriller of 2,634 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 Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) earned a reported $3.8M worldwide against a reported $1.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.98x. In this database it currently ranks #9,594 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #15 among 1955 releases.

Worldwide gross: $3,788,000
Budget: $1,271,000
Gross minus budget: $2,517,000
ROI: 2.98x

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.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jan 13, 1955
Production: Loew's Incorporated, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyLoew's Incorporated Release year chart1955 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartMystery Genre chartWestern Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1955, Bad Day at Black Rock is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Mystery, Western title from Loew's Incorporated. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.8M, reported production budget is $1.3M, gross-minus-budget is $2.5M, ROI is 2.98x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,594 all-time in the current chart set and #15 among 1955 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

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.