#8,604 All-time worldwide

#14 1956 releases

Movie profile

Bus Stop

Name: Bus Stop
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1956-08-31
Duration: 95 min

1956 · 95 min · Marilyn Monroe Productions

Comedy Drama Romance

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $7.3M

Budget $220,000

Gross minus budget $7.1M

ROI 33.05x

Domestic gross

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$654,300

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Bus Stop ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #8,604 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1956 releases #14 Release-year chart position of 41 titles Ranked against movies released in 1956. Primary genre #3,402 Comedy of 4,945 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 Bus Stop (1956) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Bus Stop (1956) earned a reported $7.3M worldwide against a reported $220.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 33.05x. In this database it currently ranks #8,604 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #14 among 1956 releases.

Worldwide gross: $7,270,000
Budget: $220,000
Gross minus budget: $7,050,000
ROI: 33.05x

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: Aug 31, 1956
Production: Marilyn Monroe Productions, 20th Century Fox
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyMarilyn Monroe Productions Release year chart1956 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1956, Bus Stop is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from Marilyn Monroe Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.3M, reported production budget is $220,000, gross-minus-budget is $7.1M, ROI is 33.05x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,604 all-time in the current chart set and #14 among 1956 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.