#9,389 All-time worldwide

#12 1955 releases

Movie profile

The Man with the Golden Arm

Name: The Man with the Golden Arm
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1955-12-26
Duration: 119 min

1955 · 119 min · Carlyle Productions

Drama Crime

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $4.4M

Budget $1.0M

Gross minus budget $3.4M

ROI 4.35x

Domestic gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$391,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Man with the Golden Arm ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #9,389 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1955 releases #12 Release-year chart position of 38 titles Ranked against movies released in 1955. Studio / company #2 Carlyle Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Carlyle Productions movie set. Primary genre #4,095 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 Man with the Golden Arm (1955) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) earned a reported $4.4M worldwide against a reported $1.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.35x. In this database it currently ranks #9,389 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #12 among 1955 releases.

Worldwide gross: $4,350,000
Budget: $1,000,000
Gross minus budget: $3,350,000
ROI: 4.35x

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: Dec 26, 1955
Production: Carlyle Productions
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyCarlyle Productions Release year chart1955 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1955, The Man with the Golden Arm is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Crime title from Carlyle Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.4M, reported production budget is $1.0M, gross-minus-budget is $3.4M, ROI is 4.35x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,389 all-time in the current chart set and #12 among 1955 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.