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#11,682 All-time worldwide
#31 1955 releases

Movie profile

Rififi

1955 · 118 min · Indusfilms

Crime Thriller Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $460,000
Budget $200,000
Gross minus budget $260,000
ROI 2.30x

Domestic gross

$230,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$230,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$41,400

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Rififi 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 #11,682 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1955 releases #31 Release-year chart position of 38 titles Ranked against movies released in 1955. Primary genre #1,776 Crime of 1,921 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 Rififi (1955) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Rififi (1955) earned a reported $460.0K worldwide against a reported $200.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $260.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.30x. In this database it currently ranks #11,682 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #31 among 1955 releases.

Worldwide gross
$460,000
Budget
$200,000
Gross minus budget
$260,000
ROI
2.30x
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

Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 13, 1955
Production
Indusfilms, Société Nationale Pathé Cinéma, Prima Films
Countries
FR

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyIndusfilms Release year chart1955 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1955, Rififi is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Thriller, Drama title from Indusfilms. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $460,000, reported production budget is $200,000, gross-minus-budget is $260,000, ROI is 2.30x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,682 all-time in the current chart set and #31 among 1955 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.