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#11,858 All-time worldwide
#39 1957 releases

Movie profile

The Seventh Seal

1957 · 96 min · Sf Studios

Fantasy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $311,212
Budget $150,000
Gross minus budget $161,212
ROI 2.07x

Domestic gross

$155,606

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$155,606

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$28,009

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Seventh Seal ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #11,858 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1957 releases #39 Release-year chart position of 46 titles Ranked against movies released in 1957. Studio / company #10 Sf Studios of 11 titles Position inside the mapped Sf Studios movie set. Primary genre #1,241 Fantasy of 1,285 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.

#11,855 Who is she? 1966 · $311,900 #11,856 Nostalgia 1983 · $311,708 #11,857 Monster in a Box 1992 · $311,245 #11,859 Ghost for Sale 1991 · $311,088 #11,860 Four Days in September 1997 · $310,724 #11,861 I Was a Teenage Frankenstein 1957 · $310,000

Quick answer

How did The Seventh Seal (1957) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Seventh Seal (1957) earned a reported $311.2K worldwide against a reported $150.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $161.2K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.07x. In this database it currently ranks #11,858 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #39 among 1957 releases.

Worldwide gross
$311,212
Budget
$150,000
Gross minus budget
$161,212
ROI
2.07x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 16, 1957
Production
SF Studios
Countries
SE

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Studio / production companySf Studios Release year chart1957 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1957, The Seventh Seal is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Drama title from SF Studios. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $311,212, reported production budget is $150,000, gross-minus-budget is $161,212, ROI is 2.07x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,858 all-time in the current chart set and #39 among 1957 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.