#5,167 All-time worldwide

#4 1953 releases

Movie profile

House of Wax

Name: House of Wax
Genre: Horror, Crime
Released: 1953-04-16
Duration: 88 min

1953 · 88 min · Warner Bros. Pictures

Horror Crime

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $23.8M

Budget $1.0M

Gross minus budget $22.8M

ROI 23.75x

Domestic gross

$11.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$12.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where House of Wax ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #5,167 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1953 releases #4 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1953. Studio / company #145 Warner Bros. Pictures of 288 titles Position inside the mapped Warner Bros. Pictures movie set. Primary genre #503 Horror of 1,292 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 House of Wax (1953) perform at the box office?

High confidence

House of Wax (1953) earned a reported $23.8M worldwide against a reported $1.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $22.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 23.75x. In this database it currently ranks #5,167 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #4 among 1953 releases.

Worldwide gross: $23,750,319
Budget: $1,000,000
Gross minus budget: $22,750,319
ROI: 23.75x

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 16, 1953
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyWarner Bros. Pictures Release year chart1953 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1953, House of Wax is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Crime title from Warner Bros. Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $23.8M, reported production budget is $1.0M, gross-minus-budget is $22.8M, ROI is 23.75x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,167 all-time in the current chart set and #4 among 1953 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.