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#10,636 All-time worldwide
#27 1957 releases

Movie profile

The Wayward Bus

1957 · 87 min · 20th Century Fox

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.8M
Budget $1.5M
Gross minus budget $285,000
ROI 1.19x

Domestic gross

$875,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$875,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$157,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Wayward Bus 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 #10,636 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1957 releases #27 Release-year chart position of 46 titles Ranked against movies released in 1957. Studio / company #186 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #4,656 Drama of 5,859 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.

#10,633 Come Play With Me 2021 · $1.8M #10,634 The Room 2003 · $1.8M #10,635 Prospero's Books 1991 · $1.8M #10,644 Hunk 1987 · $1.7M #10,645 Come Away 2020 · $1.7M #10,646 Vanya on 42nd Street 1994 · $1.7M

Quick answer

How did The Wayward Bus (1957) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Wayward Bus (1957) earned a reported $1.8M worldwide against a reported $1.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $285.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.19x. In this database it currently ranks #10,636 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #27 among 1957 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,750,000
Budget
$1,465,000
Gross minus budget
$285,000
ROI
1.19x
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

Three strangers embark on a life-changing journey on a fateful bus ride. As the road presents challenges, each character faces his or her own shortcomings, not knowing where life will lead next.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 27, 1957
Production
20th Century Fox
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1957 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1957, The Wayward Bus is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.8M, reported production budget is $1.5M, gross-minus-budget is $285,000, ROI is 1.19x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,636 all-time in the current chart set and #27 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.