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#12,496 All-time worldwide
#34 1956 releases

Movie profile

Ways of the Heart

1956 · 95 min · Arab Film Institute

Romance Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $44,000
Budget $21,000
Gross minus budget $23,000
ROI 2.10x

Domestic gross

$22,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$22,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3,960

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ways of the Heart 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 #12,496 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1956 releases #34 Release-year chart position of 40 titles Ranked against movies released in 1956. Primary genre #2,546 Romance of 2,607 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.

#12,493 La de Troya en el Palmar 1984 · $44,785 #12,494 The Melody of Love 1969 · $44,698 #12,495 Glenrothan 2026 · $44,671 #12,501 Florida Straits 1986 · $43,971 #12,502 Bloodhounds of Broadway 1989 · $43,671 #12,503 The Spy in the Palace 1981 · $43,569

Quick answer

How did Ways of the Heart (1956) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Ways of the Heart (1956) earned a reported $44.0K worldwide against a reported $21.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $23.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.10x. In this database it currently ranks #12,496 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #34 among 1956 releases.

Worldwide gross
$44,000
Budget
$21,000
Gross minus budget
$23,000
ROI
2.10x
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

A poor medical student, falls in love with her wealthy colleague who does not feel her at the beginning. He falls in love with her after he sees the sincerity of her feelings towards him, and asks her to marry him, but there are those who want to keep this marriage from happening

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 30, 1956
Production
Arab Film Institute
Countries
EG

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyArab Film Institute Release year chart1956 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1956, Ways of the Heart is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama title from Arab Film Institute. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $44,000, reported production budget is $21,000, gross-minus-budget is $23,000, ROI is 2.10x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,496 all-time in the current chart set and #34 among 1956 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.