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The Red Shoes

Name: The Red Shoes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1948-09-06
Duration: 133 min

1948 · 133 min · The Archers

Drama Romance

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $10.0M

Budget $500,000

Gross minus budget $9.5M

ROI 20.00x

Domestic gross

$5.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$900,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Red Shoes ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #7,728 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1948 releases #1 Release-year chart position of 24 titles Ranked against movies released in 1948. Studio / company #1 The Archers of 6 titles Position inside the mapped The Archers movie set. Primary genre #3,272 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 Red Shoes (1948) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Red Shoes (1948) earned a reported $10.0M worldwide against a reported $500.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 20.00x. In this database it currently ranks #7,728 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #1 among 1948 releases.

Worldwide gross: $10,000,000
Budget: $500,000
Gross minus budget: $9,500,000
ROI: 20.00x

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 6, 1948
Production: The Archers
Countries: GB

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Studio / production companyThe Archers Release year chart1948 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1948, The Red Shoes is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from The Archers. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.0M, reported production budget is $500,000, gross-minus-budget is $9.5M, ROI is 20.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,728 all-time in the current chart set and #1 among 1948 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.