#9,145 All-time worldwide

#11 1946 releases

Movie profile

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Name: The Postman Always Rings Twice
Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1946-05-02
Duration: 113 min

1946 · 113 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Drama Romance Crime Thriller

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $5.1M

Budget $1.7M

Gross minus budget $3.4M

ROI 3.02x

Domestic gross

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$457,740

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Postman Always Rings Twice ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #9,145 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1946 releases #11 Release-year chart position of 30 titles Ranked against movies released in 1946. Studio / company #108 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #3,975 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.

#9,142 Top Dog 1995 · $5.1M #9,143 Vigilante 1983 · $5.1M #9,144 Ghost in the Machine 1993 · $5.1M #9,146 The Kangaroo Chronicles 2020 · $5.1M #9,147 Miller's Crossing 1990 · $5.1M #9,148 Celebrity 1998 · $5.1M

Quick answer

How did The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) earned a reported $5.1M worldwide against a reported $1.7M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.02x. In this database it currently ranks #9,145 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #11 among 1946 releases.

Worldwide gross: $5,086,000
Budget: $1,683,000
Gross minus budget: $3,403,000
ROI: 3.02x

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: May 2, 1946
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyMetro Goldwyn Mayer Release year chart1946 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1946, The Postman Always Rings Twice is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance, Crime title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5.1M, reported production budget is $1.7M, gross-minus-budget is $3.4M, ROI is 3.02x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,145 all-time in the current chart set and #11 among 1946 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.