There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $5,000,000Details
Further financial details...

Metrics

Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 6,601-6,700) 6,631 $5,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 10,001-10,100) 10,072 $5,000,000

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 16th, 1954 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
MPAA Rating: Not Rated Approved
Running Time: 117 minutes
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Keywords: Performing Arts, Intertitle, Musicians, Voiceover/Narration, Great Depression, Dancing, Religious, Relationships Gone Wrong, Big Break, Addiction, Coming of Age, Letting Go, Empty Nest, Broadway, Comedy Musical, Ensemble, 1910s
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Musical
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English, French, German

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 6,601-6,700) 6,631 $5,000,000
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 5,801-5,900) 5,828 $5,000,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 3,301-3,400) 3,392 $5,000,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 5,901-6,000) 5,921 $5,000,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 701-800) 756 $5,000,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Musical Movies (Rank 101-200) 126 $5,000,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 301-400) 310 $5,000,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 501-600) 587 $5,000,000

Weekend Box Office Performance

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Lead Ensemble Members

Ethel Merman    Molly Donahue
Donald O’Connor    Tim Donahue
Marilyn Monroe    Vicky Hoffman/Vicky Parker

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Walter Lang    Director
Phoebe Ephron    Screenwriter
Henry Ephron    Screenwriter

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Metrics

Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 6,601-6,700) 6,631 $5,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 10,001-10,100) 10,072 $5,000,000

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 16th, 1954 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
MPAA Rating: Not Rated Approved
Running Time: 117 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Performing Arts, Intertitle, Musicians, Voiceover/Narration, Great Depression, Dancing, Religious, Relationships Gone Wrong, Big Break, Addiction, Coming of Age, Letting Go, Empty Nest, Broadway, Comedy Musical, Ensemble, 1910s
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Musical
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English, French, German

Lead Ensemble Members

Ethel Merman    Molly Donahue
Donald O’Connor    Tim Donahue
Marilyn Monroe    Vicky Hoffman/Vicky Parker

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Walter Lang    Director
Phoebe Ephron    Screenwriter
Henry Ephron    Screenwriter

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July 30th, 2012

Forever Marilyn is a seven-disc Blu-ray box set that features seven films from the actress, five of which are making their Blu-ray debut. (The other two, The Misfits and Some Like It Hot, I've previously reviewed.) So there's a little bit of double-dipping happening here, but is it still worth picking up if you own those Blu-rays? Or should you pick and choose from the individual releases? Or are there serious problems here? More...

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 6,601-6,700) 6,631 $5,000,000
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 5,801-5,900) 5,828 $5,000,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 3,301-3,400) 3,392 $5,000,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 5,901-6,000) 5,921 $5,000,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 701-800) 756 $5,000,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Musical Movies (Rank 101-200) 126 $5,000,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 301-400) 310 $5,000,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 501-600) 587 $5,000,000

Weekend Box Office Performance

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 10,001-10,100) 10,072 $5,000,000
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 8,901-9,000) 8,975 $5,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 5,301-5,400) 5,373 $5,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 8,701-8,800) 8,710 $5,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100) 1,083 $5,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Musical Movies (Rank 101-200) 154 $5,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 901-1,000) 934 $5,000,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for 20th Century Fox Movies (Rank 501-600) 594 $5,000,000