#8,381 All-time worldwide

#13 1956 releases

Movie profile

Friendly Persuasion

Name: Friendly Persuasion
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1956-10-30
Duration: 137 min

1956 · 137 min · Allied Artists

Drama War

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $8.0M

Budget $3.0M

Gross minus budget $5.0M

ROI 2.67x

Domestic gross

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$720,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Friendly Persuasion ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #8,381 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1956 releases #13 Release-year chart position of 41 titles Ranked against movies released in 1956. Primary genre #3,584 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.

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Quick answer

How did Friendly Persuasion (1956) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Friendly Persuasion (1956) earned a reported $8.0M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.67x. In this database it currently ranks #8,381 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #13 among 1956 releases.

Worldwide gross: $8,000,000
Budget: $3,000,000
Gross minus budget: $5,000,000
ROI: 2.67x

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

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Oct 30, 1956
Production: Allied Artists, B-M Productions
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyAllied Artists Release year chart1956 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartWar

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1956, Friendly Persuasion is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, War title from Allied Artists. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.0M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is $5.0M, ROI is 2.67x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,381 all-time in the current chart set and #13 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.