#10,315 All-time worldwide

#19 1959 releases

Movie profile

On the Beach

Name: On the Beach
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Romance
Released: 1959-12-17
Duration: 134 min

1959 · 134 min · Stanley Kramer Productions

Science Fiction Drama Romance

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $2.2M

Budget $2.9M

Gross minus budget -$700,000

ROI 0.76x

Domestic gross

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$198,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where On the Beach ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,315 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1959 releases #19 Release-year chart position of 38 titles Ranked against movies released in 1959. Studio / company #6 Stanley Kramer Productions of 8 titles Position inside the mapped Stanley Kramer Productions movie set. Primary genre #1,093 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.

#10,312 Mata Hari 1931 · $2.2M #10,313 Another Thin Man 1939 · $2.2M #10,314 Pinkfinger 1965 · $2.2M #10,329 Forsaking All Others 1934 · $2.2M #10,330 The Impostors 1998 · $2.2M #10,331 The Panic in Needle Park 1971 · $2.2M

Quick answer

How did On the Beach (1959) perform at the box office?

High confidence

On the Beach (1959) earned a reported $2.2M worldwide against a reported $2.9M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$700.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.76x. In this database it currently ranks #10,315 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #19 among 1959 releases.

Worldwide gross: $2,200,000
Budget: $2,900,000
Gross minus budget: -$700,000
ROI: 0.76x

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

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 17, 1959
Production: Stanley Kramer Productions
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyStanley Kramer Productions Release year chart1959 box office Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1959, On the Beach is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Drama, Romance title from Stanley Kramer Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.2M, reported production budget is $2.9M, gross-minus-budget is -$700,000, ROI is 0.76x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,315 all-time in the current chart set and #19 among 1959 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.