#9,329 All-time worldwide

#11 1955 releases

Movie profile

Rebel Without a Cause

Name: Rebel Without a Cause
Genre: Drama
Released: 1955-10-27
Duration: 111 min

1955 · 111 min · Warner Bros. Pictures

Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $4.5M

Budget $1.5M

Gross minus budget $3.0M

ROI 3.00x

Domestic gross

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$405,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Rebel Without a Cause ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #9,329 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1955 releases #11 Release-year chart position of 38 titles Ranked against movies released in 1955. Studio / company #206 Warner Bros. Pictures of 288 titles Position inside the mapped Warner Bros. Pictures movie set. Primary genre #4,073 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 Rebel Without a Cause (1955) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Rebel Without a Cause (1955) earned a reported $4.5M worldwide against a reported $1.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.00x. In this database it currently ranks #9,329 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #11 among 1955 releases.

Worldwide gross: $4,500,000
Budget: $1,500,000
Gross minus budget: $3,000,000
ROI: 3.00x

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

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Oct 27, 1955
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyWarner Bros. Pictures Release year chart1955 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1955, Rebel Without a Cause is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Warner Bros. Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.5M, reported production budget is $1.5M, gross-minus-budget is $3.0M, ROI is 3.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,329 all-time in the current chart set and #11 among 1955 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.