#10,557 All-time worldwide

#16 1951 releases

Movie profile

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Name: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1951-09-18
Duration: 92 min

1951 · 92 min · 20th Century Fox

Science Fiction Thriller Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $1.9M

Budget $995,000

Gross minus budget $855,000

ROI 1.86x

Domestic gross

$925,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$925,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$166,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Day the Earth Stood Still ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,557 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1951 releases #16 Release-year chart position of 31 titles Ranked against movies released in 1951. Studio / company #183 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #1,115 Science Fiction of 1,251 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.

#10,554 Bitter Moon 1992 · $1.9M #10,555 Rich Kids 1979 · $1.9M #10,556 Washington Square 1997 · $1.9M #10,561 The House by the Cemetery 1981 · $1.8M #10,562 Night Shift 2020 · $1.8M #10,563 Sky High 2003 · $1.8M

Quick answer

How did The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) earned a reported $1.9M worldwide against a reported $995.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $855.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.86x. In this database it currently ranks #10,557 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #16 among 1951 releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,850,000
Budget: $995,000
Gross minus budget: $855,000
ROI: 1.86x

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: Sep 18, 1951
Production: 20th Century Fox
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1951, The Day the Earth Stood Still is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.9M, reported production budget is $995,000, gross-minus-budget is $855,000, ROI is 1.86x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,557 all-time in the current chart set and #16 among 1951 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.