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#10,430 All-time worldwide

#22 1956 releases

Movie profile

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Name: Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror
Released: 1956-04-27
Duration: 81 min

1956 · 81 min · Toho

Science Fiction Horror

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $2.0M

Budget $25,000

Gross minus budget $2.0M

ROI 80.00x

Domestic gross

$960,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$412,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Godzilla, King of the Monsters! ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,430 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1956 releases #22 Release-year chart position of 41 titles Ranked against movies released in 1956. Studio / company #71 Toho of 83 titles Position inside the mapped Toho movie set. Franchise #3 Americanized Godzilla of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,100 Science Fiction of 1,251 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.

#10,427 The Man from Elysian Fields 2001 · $2.0M #10,428 Betty Blue 1986 · $2.0M #10,429 Nemesis 1992 · $2.0M #10,484 The Double Life of Véronique 1991 · $2.0M #10,485 Limbo 1999 · $2.0M #10,486 The Top Bet 1991 · $2.0M

Quick answer

How did Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) earned a reported $2.0M worldwide against a reported $25.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 80.00x. In this database it currently ranks #10,430 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #22 among 1956 releases.

Worldwide gross: $2,000,000
Budget: $25,000
Gross minus budget: $1,975,000
ROI: 80.00x

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: Apr 27, 1956
Production: TOHO, Jewell Enterprises
Countries: JP, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyToho FranchiseAmericanized Godzilla Release year chart1956 box office Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartHorror

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1956, Godzilla, King of the Monsters! is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Horror title from TOHO. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.0M, reported production budget is $25,000, gross-minus-budget is $2.0M, ROI is 80.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,430 all-time in the current chart set and #22 among 1956 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.