#4,934 All-time worldwide

#4 1954 releases

Movie profile

Demetrius and the Gladiators

Name: Demetrius and the Gladiators
Genre: Adventure, History, Drama
Released: 1954-06-16
Duration: 101 min

1954 · 101 min · 20th Century Fox

Adventure History Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $26.0M

Budget $2.0M

Gross minus budget $24.0M

ROI 13.07x

Domestic gross

$13.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Demetrius and the Gladiators ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #4,934 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1954 releases #4 Release-year chart position of 39 titles Ranked against movies released in 1954. Studio / company #85 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Franchise #2 Demetrius of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,216 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 Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) earned a reported $26.0M worldwide against a reported $2.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $24.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 13.07x. In this database it currently ranks #4,934 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #4 among 1954 releases.

Worldwide gross: $26,000,000
Budget: $1,990,000
Gross minus budget: $24,010,000
ROI: 13.07x

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: Jun 16, 1954
Production: 20th Century Fox
Countries: US

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox FranchiseDemetrius Release year chart1954 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartHistory Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1954, Demetrius and the Gladiators is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, History, Drama title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $26.0M, reported production budget is $2.0M, gross-minus-budget is $24.0M, ROI is 13.07x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,934 all-time in the current chart set and #4 among 1954 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.