#8,025 All-time worldwide

#10 1960 releases

Movie profile

Portrait in Black

Name: Portrait in Black
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1960-07-27
Duration: 112 min

1960 · 112 min · Ross Hunter Productions

Drama Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $9.2M

Budget $1.4M

Gross minus budget $7.8M

ROI 6.57x

Domestic gross

$4.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$828,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Portrait in Black ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #8,025 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1960 releases #10 Release-year chart position of 43 titles Ranked against movies released in 1960. Studio / company #2 Ross Hunter Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Ross Hunter Productions movie set. Primary genre #3,418 Drama of 6,006 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 Portrait in Black (1960) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Portrait in Black (1960) earned a reported $9.2M worldwide against a reported $1.4M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $7.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.57x. In this database it currently ranks #8,025 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #10 among 1960 releases.

Worldwide gross: $9,200,000
Budget: $1,400,000
Gross minus budget: $7,800,000
ROI: 6.57x

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: Jul 27, 1960
Production: Ross Hunter Productions, Universal International Pictures
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyRoss Hunter Productions Release year chart1960 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1960, Portrait in Black is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from Ross Hunter Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.2M, reported production budget is $1.4M, gross-minus-budget is $7.8M, ROI is 6.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,025 all-time in the current chart set and #10 among 1960 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.