#8,083 All-time worldwide

#2 1925 releases

Movie profile

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Name: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Released: 1925-12-25
Duration: 143 min

1925 · 143 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Adventure Drama Romance

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $9.0M

Budget $3.9M

Gross minus budget $5.1M

ROI 2.31x

Domestic gross

$4.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$810,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #8,083 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1925 releases #2 Release-year chart position of 16 titles Ranked against movies released in 1925. Studio / company #81 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #1,675 Adventure of 2,164 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 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) earned a reported $9.0M worldwide against a reported $3.9M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.31x. In this database it currently ranks #8,083 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #2 among 1925 releases.

Worldwide gross: $9,000,000
Budget: $3,900,000
Gross minus budget: $5,100,000
ROI: 2.31x

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: Dec 25, 1925
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyMetro Goldwyn Mayer Release year chart1925 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1925, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Drama, Romance title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.0M, reported production budget is $3.9M, gross-minus-budget is $5.1M, ROI is 2.31x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,083 all-time in the current chart set and #2 among 1925 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.