#8,083 All-time worldwide

#6 1957 releases

Movie profile

Witness for the Prosecution

Name: Witness for the Prosecution
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime
Released: 1957-12-17
Duration: 116 min

1957 · 116 min · Edward Small Productions

Drama Mystery Crime

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $9.0M

Budget $3.0M

Gross minus budget $6.0M

ROI 3.00x

Domestic gross

$4.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$810,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Witness for the Prosecution ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #8,083 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1957 releases #6 Release-year chart position of 45 titles Ranked against movies released in 1957. Studio / company #2 Edward Small Productions of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Edward Small Productions movie set. Primary genre #3,446 Drama of 6,006 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 Witness for the Prosecution (1957) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Witness for the Prosecution (1957) earned a reported $9.0M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $6.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.00x. In this database it currently ranks #8,083 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #6 among 1957 releases.

Worldwide gross: $9,000,000
Budget: $3,000,000
Gross minus budget: $6,000,000
ROI: 3.00x

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: Dec 17, 1957
Production: Edward Small Productions
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyEdward Small Productions Release year chart1957 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartMystery Genre chartCrime

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1957, Witness for the Prosecution is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Mystery, Crime title from Edward Small Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.0M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is $6.0M, ROI is 3.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,083 all-time in the current chart set and #6 among 1957 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.