#10,747 All-time worldwide

#18 1947 releases

Movie profile

The Lady from Shanghai

Name: The Lady from Shanghai
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1947-12-24
Duration: 87 min

1947 · 87 min · Mercury Productions

Mystery Crime Thriller Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $1.6M

Budget $2.3M

Gross minus budget -$735,391

ROI 0.68x

Domestic gross

$782,305

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$782,304

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$140,815

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Lady from Shanghai ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,747 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1947 releases #18 Release-year chart position of 25 titles Ranked against movies released in 1947. Studio / company #2 Mercury Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Mercury Productions movie set. Primary genre #859 Mystery of 982 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.

#10,744 Destroy All Monsters 1968 · $1.6M #10,745 Hamlet 2000 · $1.6M #10,746 City of Industry 1997 · $1.6M #10,748 Another Woman 1988 · $1.6M #10,749 A Handful of Dust 1988 · $1.6M #10,750 Burnt Offerings 1976 · $1.6M

Quick answer

How did The Lady from Shanghai (1947) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Lady from Shanghai (1947) earned a reported $1.6M worldwide against a reported $2.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$735.4K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.68x. In this database it currently ranks #10,747 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #18 among 1947 releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,564,609
Budget: $2,300,000
Gross minus budget: -$735,391
ROI: 0.68x

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: Dec 24, 1947
Production: Mercury Productions, Columbia Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyMercury Productions Release year chart1947 box office Genre chartMystery Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1947, The Lady from Shanghai is positioned in this dataset as a Mystery, Crime, Thriller title from Mercury Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.6M, reported production budget is $2.3M, gross-minus-budget is -$735,391, ROI is 0.68x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,747 all-time in the current chart set and #18 among 1947 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.