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#12,289 All-time worldwide
#27 1958 releases

Movie profile

The Big Brother

1958 · 79 min · Box Office Data

Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $100,000
Budget $100,000
Gross minus budget —
ROI 1.00x

Domestic gross

$50,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$50,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$9,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Big Brother ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #12,289 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1958 releases #27 Release-year chart position of 34 titles Ranked against movies released in 1958. Primary genre #5,554 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.

#12,286 The Adventures of Sebastian Cole 1998 · $100,841 #12,287 A Woman Is a Woman 1961 · $100,655 #12,288 Left Luggage 1998 · $100,544 #12,343 A Place in the World 1992 · $99,707 #12,344 Cold Heaven 1992 · $99,219 #12,345 The Telephone 1988 · $99,030

Quick answer

How did The Big Brother (1958) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Big Brother (1958) earned a reported $100.0K worldwide against a reported $100.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $0. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.00x. In this database it currently ranks #12,289 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #27 among 1958 releases.

Worldwide gross
$100,000
Budget
$100,000
Gross minus budget
$0
ROI
1.00x
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

While Awad's family believes him to be an honorable man, Awad heads a drug-dealing gang. He tries to keep the balance between his family's image of him and his illegal business dealings.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 24, 1958
Production
Box Office Data
Countries
EG

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Release year chart1958 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1958, The Big Brother is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $100,000, reported production budget is $100,000, ROI is 1.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,289 all-time in the current chart set and #27 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.