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#12,289 All-time worldwide
#31 1959 releases

Movie profile

Milky Way

1959 · 100 min · Pesen Film

Romance Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $100,000
Budget $55,000
Gross minus budget $45,000
ROI 1.82x

Domestic gross

$50,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$50,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$9,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Milky Way 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 #12,289 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1959 releases #31 Release-year chart position of 39 titles Ranked against movies released in 1959. Primary genre #2,512 Romance of 2,607 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.

#12,286 The Adventures of Sebastian Cole 1998 · $100,841 #12,287 A Woman Is a Woman 1961 · $100,655 #12,288 Left Luggage 1998 · $100,544 #12,343 A Place in the World 1992 · $99,707 #12,344 Cold Heaven 1992 · $99,219 #12,345 The Telephone 1988 · $99,030

Quick answer

How did Milky Way (1959) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Milky Way (1959) earned a reported $100.0K worldwide against a reported $55.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $45.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.82x. In this database it currently ranks #12,289 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #31 among 1959 releases.

Worldwide gross
$100,000
Budget
$55,000
Gross minus budget
$45,000
ROI
1.82x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Adapted from a Kerime Nadir novel. Main characters are two cousins. Nejat has no parents and cared by his auntie. Zulal has just finished high school and trying to find a suitable man to marry who should be presentable and wealthy. Nejat has been in love with Zulal forever but he cannot tell his feeling to her as he feels like he is going to ruin her good relationship with her.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 1, 1959
Production
Pesen Film
Countries
TR

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyPesen Film Release year chart1959 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1959, Milky Way is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama title from Pesen Film. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $100,000, reported production budget is $55,000, gross-minus-budget is $45,000, ROI is 1.82x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,289 all-time in the current chart set and #31 among 1959 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.