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#12,611 All-time worldwide
#30 1946 releases

Movie profile

Shoeshine

1946 · 91 min · Societa Cooperativa Alfa Cinematografica

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17,480
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$8,740

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8,740

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1,573

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Shoeshine 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 #12,611 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1946 releases #30 Release-year chart position of 30 titles Ranked against movies released in 1946. Primary genre #5,718 Drama of 5,859 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.

#12,608 Seize the Day 1965 · $17,890 #12,609 Diary of a Chambermaid 1964 · $17,754 #12,610 The Mute 1980 · $17,740 #12,612 Tattoo, The First Adventure Of Pepe Carvalho 1978 · $17,280 #12,613 Django 1966 · $17,277 #12,614 A Real Young Girl 1976 · $17,245

Quick answer

How did Shoeshine (1946) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Shoeshine (1946) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $17.5K. In this database it currently ranks #12,611 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #30 among 1946 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,480
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

Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 27, 1946
Production
Societa Cooperativa Alfa Cinematografica
Countries
IT

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1946, Shoeshine is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Societa Cooperativa Alfa Cinematografica. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17,480. For comparison, it currently sits #12,611 all-time in the current chart set and #30 among 1946 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.