#11,179 All-time worldwide

#24 1959 releases

Movie profile

The Killer Shrews

Name: The Killer Shrews
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1959-06-25
Duration: 69 min

1959 · 69 min · Hollywood Pictures Corporation

Horror Science Fiction

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $1.0M

Budget $123,000

Gross minus budget $877,000

ROI 8.13x

Domestic gross

$480,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$520,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$206,400

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Killer Shrews ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #11,179 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1959 releases #24 Release-year chart position of 38 titles Ranked against movies released in 1959. Primary genre #1,103 Horror of 1,292 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.

#11,176 Ruby in Paradise 1993 · $1.0M #11,177 Zindagi Jhand Hai 2020 · $1.0M #11,178 Meeting Venus 1991 · $1.0M #11,221 The Warrior 2001 · $996,179 #11,222 On the Rocks 2020 · $992,103 #11,223 Campus Man 1987 · $989,528

Quick answer

How did The Killer Shrews (1959) perform at the box office?

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The Killer Shrews (1959) earned a reported $1.0M worldwide against a reported $123.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $877.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 8.13x. In this database it currently ranks #11,179 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #24 among 1959 releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,000,000
Budget: $123,000
Gross minus budget: $877,000
ROI: 8.13x

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: Jun 25, 1959
Production: Hollywood Pictures Corporation
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1959, The Killer Shrews is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction title from Hollywood Pictures Corporation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.0M, reported production budget is $123,000, gross-minus-budget is $877,000, ROI is 8.13x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,179 all-time in the current chart set and #24 among 1959 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.