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#8,648 All-time worldwide

#11 1954 releases

Movie profile

There's No Business Like Show Business

Name: There's No Business Like Show Business
Genre: Music, Comedy
Released: 1954-12-16
Duration: 118 min

1954 · 118 min · 20th Century Fox

Music Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $7.1M

Budget $4.3M

Gross minus budget $2.8M

ROI 1.65x

Domestic gross

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$795,200

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where There's No Business Like Show Business ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #8,648 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1954 releases #11 Release-year chart position of 39 titles Ranked against movies released in 1954. Studio / company #132 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #308 Music of 578 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 There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) perform at the box office?

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There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) earned a reported $7.1M worldwide against a reported $4.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.65x. In this database it currently ranks #8,648 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #11 among 1954 releases.

Worldwide gross: $7,100,000
Budget: $4,300,000
Gross minus budget: $2,800,000
ROI: 1.65x

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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Production details

Release date: Dec 16, 1954
Production: 20th Century Fox
Countries: US

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Studio / production company20th Century Fox Release year chart1954 box office Genre chartMusic Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1954, There's No Business Like Show Business is positioned in this dataset as a Music, Comedy title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.1M, reported production budget is $4.3M, gross-minus-budget is $2.8M, ROI is 1.65x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,648 all-time in the current chart set and #11 among 1954 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.