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#12,445 All-time worldwide
#30 1958 releases

Movie profile

The Hidden Fortress

1958 · 139 min · Toho

Drama Action Adventure
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $57,673
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$28,837

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$28,836

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5,191

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Hidden Fortress ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #12,445 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1958 releases #30 Release-year chart position of 34 titles Ranked against movies released in 1958. Studio / company #80 Toho of 82 titles Position inside the mapped Toho movie set. Primary genre #5,640 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.

#12,442 Sonatine 1993 · $58,834 #12,443 Eyes Without a Face 1960 · $58,656 #12,444 The Cannibal Man 1972 · $57,696 #12,446 Gumby: The Movie 1995 · $57,100 #12,447 Sadouh 1989 · $56,000 #12,447 Al Awbash 1986 · $56,000

Quick answer

How did The Hidden Fortress (1958) perform at the box office?

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The Hidden Fortress (1958) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $57.7K. In this database it currently ranks #12,445 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #30 among 1958 releases.

Worldwide gross
$57,673
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 28, 1958
Production
TOHO
Countries
JP

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1958, The Hidden Fortress is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Action, Adventure title from TOHO. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $57,673. For comparison, it currently sits #12,445 all-time in the current chart set and #30 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.