#11,534 All-time worldwide

#22 1958 releases

Movie profile

Cry Baby Killer

Name: Cry Baby Killer
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1958-08-15
Duration: 61 min

1958 · 61 min · Allied Artists Pictures

Crime Drama Thriller

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $600,000

Budget $50,000

Gross minus budget $550,000

ROI 12.00x

Domestic gross

$300,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$300,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$54,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Cry Baby Killer ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #11,534 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1958 releases #22 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1958. Studio / company #7 Allied Artists Pictures of 7 titles Position inside the mapped Allied Artists Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,788 Crime of 1,962 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.

#11,531 The Little Convict 1979 · $606,000 #11,532 Othello 2026 · $605,392 #11,533 Orgazmo 1998 · $602,302 #11,539 Across to Singapore 1928 · $596,000 #11,540 Satan's Blood 1978 · $594,947 #11,541 Estoy en crisis 1982 · $591,902

Quick answer

How did Cry Baby Killer (1958) perform at the box office?

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Cry Baby Killer (1958) earned a reported $600.0K worldwide against a reported $50.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $550.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 12.00x. In this database it currently ranks #11,534 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #22 among 1958 releases.

Worldwide gross: $600,000
Budget: $50,000
Gross minus budget: $550,000
ROI: 12.00x

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: Aug 15, 1958
Production: Allied Artists Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyAllied Artists Pictures Release year chart1958 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1958, Cry Baby Killer is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Thriller title from Allied Artists Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $600,000, reported production budget is $50,000, gross-minus-budget is $550,000, ROI is 12.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,534 all-time in the current chart set and #22 among 1958 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.