Box office snapshot
Financial performance
Reference figures based on available reported data.Domestic gross
$3.6M
Estimated from worldwide grossInternational gross
$5.4M
Estimated from worldwide grossOpening weekend
$1.0M
Estimated from worldwide grossRanking context
Where The Inn of the Sixth Happiness ranks
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How did The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) perform at the box office?
Medium confidenceThe Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) earned a reported $9.0M worldwide against a reported $3.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.57x. In this database it currently ranks #8,112 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #5 among 1958 releases.
- Worldwide gross
- $9,000,000
- Budget
- $3,500,000
- Gross minus budget
- $5,500,000
- ROI
- 2.57x
Synopsis
Story
All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was where she belonged. Unqualified to be sent as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn to send herself to a poor, remote village. There, she eventually lives a full and happy life: running the inn, acting as 'foot inspector', advising the local Mandarin, and even winning the heart of mixed-race Captain Lin Nan. Gladys discovers her real destiny when the country is invaded by Japan and the Chinese children need her to save their lives.
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Why this movie matters
Released in 1958, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is positioned in this dataset as a movie title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.0M, reported production budget is $3.5M, gross-minus-budget is $5.5M, ROI is 2.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,112 all-time in the current chart set and #5 among 1958 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.
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