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#9,911 All-time worldwide
#17 1957 releases

Movie profile

The Joker is Wild

1957 · 126 min · Ambl Productions

Drama Music
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.0M
Budget $2.4M
Gross minus budget $600,000
ROI 1.25x

Domestic gross

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$270,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Joker is Wild 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 #9,911 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1957 releases #17 Release-year chart position of 45 titles Ranked against movies released in 1957. Primary genre #4,359 Drama of 6,006 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 Joker is Wild (1957) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Joker is Wild (1957) earned a reported $3.0M worldwide against a reported $2.4M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $600.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.25x. In this database it currently ranks #9,911 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #17 among 1957 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,000,000
Budget
$2,400,000
Gross minus budget
$600,000
ROI
1.25x
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

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 26, 1957
Production
AMBL Productions, Paramount Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyAmbl Productions Release year chart1957 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartMusic

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1957, The Joker is Wild is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Music title from AMBL Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.0M, reported production budget is $2.4M, gross-minus-budget is $600,000, ROI is 1.25x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,911 all-time in the current chart set and #17 among 1957 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.