#10,305 All-time worldwide

#14 1958 releases

Movie profile

Touch of Evil

Name: Touch of Evil
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1958-03-30
Duration: 111 min

1958 · 111 min · Universal International Pictures

Crime Thriller Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $2.2M

Budget $829,000

Gross minus budget $1.4M

ROI 2.71x

Domestic gross

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$202,275

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Touch of Evil ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,305 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1958 releases #14 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1958. Studio / company #8 Universal International Pictures of 12 titles Position inside the mapped Universal International Pictures movie set. Primary genre #1,608 Crime of 1,962 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 Touch of Evil (1958) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Touch of Evil (1958) earned a reported $2.2M worldwide against a reported $829.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.71x. In this database it currently ranks #10,305 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #14 among 1958 releases.

Worldwide gross: $2,247,500
Budget: $829,000
Gross minus budget: $1,418,500
ROI: 2.71x

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: Mar 30, 1958
Production: Universal International Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyUniversal International Pictures Release year chart1958 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1958, Touch of Evil is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Thriller, Drama title from Universal International Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.2M, reported production budget is $829,000, gross-minus-budget is $1.4M, ROI is 2.71x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,305 all-time in the current chart set and #14 among 1958 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.