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#11,026 All-time worldwide
#20 1951 releases

Movie profile

Death of a Salesman

1951 · 115 min · Stanley Kramer Productions

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.2M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$600,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$600,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$108,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Death of a Salesman ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #11,026 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1951 releases #20 Release-year chart position of 31 titles Ranked against movies released in 1951. Studio / company #8 Stanley Kramer Productions of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Stanley Kramer Productions movie set. Primary genre #4,943 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.

#11,023 The Cat o' Nine Tails 1971 · $1.2M #11,024 Sleeping Fist 1979 · $1.2M #11,025 Erotic Ghost Story III 1992 · $1.2M #11,048 The Night Rider 1992 · $1.2M #11,049 Pieces 1982 · $1.2M #11,050 The Affair of the Necklace 2001 · $1.2M

Quick answer

How did Death of a Salesman (1951) perform at the box office?

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Death of a Salesman (1951) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $1.2M. In this database it currently ranks #11,026 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #20 among 1951 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,200,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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
Dec 20, 1951
Production
Stanley Kramer Productions, Columbia Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyStanley Kramer Productions Release year chart1951 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1951, Death of a Salesman is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Stanley Kramer Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.2M. For comparison, it currently sits #11,026 all-time in the current chart set and #20 among 1951 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.