#11,671 All-time worldwide

#20 1948 releases

Movie profile

Bicycle Thieves

Name: Bicycle Thieves
Genre: Drama
Released: 1948-07-21
Duration: 89 min

1948 · 89 min · Produzioni De Sica

Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $450,159

Budget $133,000

Gross minus budget $317,159

ROI 3.38x

Domestic gross

$225,080

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$225,079

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$40,514

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Bicycle Thieves ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #11,671 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1948 releases #20 Release-year chart position of 24 titles Ranked against movies released in 1948. Primary genre #5,309 Drama of 6,006 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.

#11,668 My Wife's Suitor 1959 · $458,000 #11,669 A Gorgeous Girl Like Me 1972 · $457,163 #11,670 Baby Face 1933 · $451,000 #11,672 Flesh and the Woman 1954 · $450,000 #11,672 License to Kill 1991 · $450,000 #11,674 The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl 1993 · $449,707

Quick answer

How did Bicycle Thieves (1948) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Bicycle Thieves (1948) earned a reported $450.2K worldwide against a reported $133.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $317.2K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.38x. In this database it currently ranks #11,671 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #20 among 1948 releases.

Worldwide gross: $450,159
Budget: $133,000
Gross minus budget: $317,159
ROI: 3.38x

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.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jul 21, 1948
Production: Produzioni De Sica
Countries: IT

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1948, Bicycle Thieves is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Produzioni De Sica. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $450,159, reported production budget is $133,000, gross-minus-budget is $317,159, ROI is 3.38x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,671 all-time in the current chart set and #20 among 1948 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.