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#10,930 All-time worldwide
#27 1956 releases

Movie profile

Rodan

1956 · 72 min · Toho

Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.3M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$639,979

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$693,310

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$275,191

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Rodan 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 #10,930 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1956 releases #27 Release-year chart position of 40 titles Ranked against movies released in 1956. Studio / company #74 Toho of 82 titles Position inside the mapped Toho movie set. Primary genre #1,050 Horror of 1,240 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 Rodan (1956) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Rodan (1956) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $1.3M. In this database it currently ranks #10,930 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #27 among 1956 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,333,289
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 26, 1956
Production
TOHO, Far East Laboratory
Countries
JP

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Studio / production companyToho Release year chart1956 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1956, Rodan is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction title from TOHO. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.3M. For comparison, it currently sits #10,930 all-time in the current chart set and #27 among 1956 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.