#4,040 All-time worldwide

#1 1958 releases

Movie profile

South Pacific

Name: South Pacific
Genre: Music, Romance, War
Released: 1958-03-19
Duration: 157 min

1958 · 157 min · Magna Theatre Corporation

Music Romance War

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $36.8M

Budget $6.0M

Gross minus budget $30.8M

ROI 6.13x

Domestic gross

$14.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$22.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where South Pacific ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #4,040 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1958 releases #1 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1958. Primary genre #120 Music of 578 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 South Pacific (1958) perform at the box office?

High confidence

South Pacific (1958) earned a reported $36.8M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $30.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.13x. In this database it currently ranks #4,040 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #1 among 1958 releases.

Worldwide gross: $36,800,000
Budget: $6,000,000
Gross minus budget: $30,800,000
ROI: 6.13x

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.

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Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Mar 19, 1958
Production: Magna Theatre Corporation, South Pacific Enterprises, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyMagna Theatre Corporation Release year chart1958 box office Genre chartMusic Genre chartRomance Genre chartWar

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1958, South Pacific is positioned in this dataset as a Music, Romance, War title from Magna Theatre Corporation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $36.8M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $30.8M, ROI is 6.13x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,040 all-time in the current chart set and #1 among 1958 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.