#8,245 All-time worldwide

#8 1953 releases

Movie profile

Niagara

Name: Niagara
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Released: 1953-01-26
Duration: 92 min

1953 · 92 min · 20th Century Fox

Thriller Crime

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $8.5M

Budget $1.3M

Gross minus budget $7.3M

ROI 6.80x

Domestic gross

$3.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$952,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Niagara ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #8,245 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1953 releases #8 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1953. Studio / company #123 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #1,871 Thriller of 2,634 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.

#8,242 The Magical Brush 2014 · $8.5M #8,243 Mean Spirit 2003 · $8.5M #8,244 The Last Princess 2008 · $8.5M #8,251 The Wild Soccer Bunch 2 2005 · $8.5M #8,252 Big Trouble 2002 · $8.5M #8,253 Piranha 3DD 2012 · $8.5M

Quick answer

How did Niagara (1953) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Niagara (1953) earned a reported $8.5M worldwide against a reported $1.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.80x. In this database it currently ranks #8,245 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #8 among 1953 releases.

Worldwide gross: $8,500,000
Budget: $1,250,000
Gross minus budget: $7,250,000
ROI: 6.80x

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: Jan 26, 1953
Production: 20th Century Fox
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1953, Niagara is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Crime title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.5M, reported production budget is $1.3M, gross-minus-budget is $7.3M, ROI is 6.80x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,245 all-time in the current chart set and #8 among 1953 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.