#8,672 All-time worldwide

#6 1951 releases

Movie profile

Strangers on a Train

Name: Strangers on a Train
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1951-06-27
Duration: 101 min

1951 · 101 min · Warner Bros. Pictures

Crime Thriller Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $7.0M

Budget $1.2M

Gross minus budget $5.8M

ROI 5.83x

Domestic gross

$3.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$630,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Strangers on a Train ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #8,672 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1951 releases #6 Release-year chart position of 31 titles Ranked against movies released in 1951. Studio / company #191 Warner Bros. Pictures of 288 titles Position inside the mapped Warner Bros. Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,356 Crime of 1,962 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.

#8,669 Three Wishes 1995 · $7.0M #8,670 Bound 1996 · $7.0M #8,671 A Difficult Year 2023 · $7.0M #8,699 Living 2022 · $7.0M #8,700 Werner - Gekotzt wird später! 2003 · $7.0M #8,701 Fearless 1993 · $7.0M

Quick answer

How did Strangers on a Train (1951) perform at the box office?

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Strangers on a Train (1951) earned a reported $7.0M worldwide against a reported $1.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.83x. In this database it currently ranks #8,672 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #6 among 1951 releases.

Worldwide gross: $7,000,000
Budget: $1,200,000
Gross minus budget: $5,800,000
ROI: 5.83x

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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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jun 27, 1951
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyWarner Bros. Pictures Release year chart1951 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1951, Strangers on a Train is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Thriller, Drama title from Warner Bros. Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.0M, reported production budget is $1.2M, gross-minus-budget is $5.8M, ROI is 5.83x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,672 all-time in the current chart set and #6 among 1951 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.