#10,492 All-time worldwide

#15 1952 releases

Movie profile

The Belle of New York

Name: The Belle of New York
Genre: Music, Romance, Comedy
Released: 1952-02-22
Duration: 82 min

1952 · 82 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Music Romance Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $2.0M

Budget $2.6M

Gross minus budget -$581,000

ROI 0.77x

Domestic gross

$792,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$221,984

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Belle of New York ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,492 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1952 releases #15 Release-year chart position of 26 titles Ranked against movies released in 1952. Studio / company #203 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #439 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 The Belle of New York (1952) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Belle of New York (1952) earned a reported $2.0M worldwide against a reported $2.6M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$581.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.77x. In this database it currently ranks #10,492 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #15 among 1952 releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,982,000
Budget: $2,563,000
Gross minus budget: -$581,000
ROI: 0.77x

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.

Synopsis

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Feb 22, 1952
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyMetro Goldwyn Mayer Release year chart1952 box office Genre chartMusic Genre chartRomance Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1952, The Belle of New York is positioned in this dataset as a Music, Romance, Comedy title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.0M, reported production budget is $2.6M, gross-minus-budget is -$581,000, ROI is 0.77x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,492 all-time in the current chart set and #15 among 1952 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.