The Ten Commandments (1956)

The Ten Commandments
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $85,400,591Details
International Box Office $31,550Details
Worldwide Box Office $85,432,141
Further financial details...

Metrics

Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$13,500,000 (worldwide box office is 6.3 times production budget)

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) 975 $85,400,591
All Time International Box Office (Rank 20,901-21,000) 20,999 $31,550
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,077 $85,432,141

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


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Amazon VOD:Amazon 4K UHD VOD/EST, Amazon VOD/EST
iTunes:iTunes, iTunes, iTunes
Google Play:Google Play, Google Play, Google Play
Vudu:Vudu, Vudu, Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 5th, 1956 (Wide)
International Releases: December 12th, 1958 (Limited) (Australia)
June 16th, 1973 (Wide) (South Korea)
Video Release: December 7th, 1992 by Paramount Home Video, released as Ten Commandments, The
December 7th, 1992 by Paramount Home Video
March 21st, 2006 by Paramount Home Video, released as Ten Commandments, The (50th Anniversary Collection)
MPAA Rating: G (1972 re-issue)
Running Time: 220 minutes
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
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Keywords: Visual Effects, Religious, Voiceover/Narration, Prologue, Faith-Based Drama
Source:Based on Religious Text
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Paramount Pictures, Motion Pictures Associates, Inc
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 12/12/1958 $0 0 4 5 $0
South Korea 6/16/1973 $0 0 81 86 $31,550 2/28/2024
 
International Total$31,550 2/28/2024

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 3, 20112727,621 27,621$372,607$372,607956
Mar 28, 20211910,927 308,601$299,728$5,052,5021,477
Apr 4, 20212019,373 327,974$531,401$5,583,9031,478
Mar 27, 2022126,933 384,505$190,172$6,683,6261,529
Apr 3, 2022146,920 391,425$189,816$6,873,4421,530
Apr 10, 2022158,330 399,755$228,492$7,101,9341,531
Apr 17, 2022107,700 407,455$211,211$7,313,1451,532
Mar 5, 2023195,075 423,400$90,234$7,585,4431,578
Mar 12, 2023187,546 430,946$134,168$7,719,6111,579
Apr 2, 2023156,459 437,405$114,841$7,834,4521,582
Apr 9, 2023512,931 450,336$229,913$8,064,3651,583
Apr 16, 2023144,375 454,711$77,788$8,142,1531,584

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 3, 2011526,263 26,263$459,342$459,342956
Apr 10, 20111612,052-54% 38,315$210,792$670,134957
May 1, 2011207,841 68,065$183,769$1,714,689960
Mar 28, 2021148,259 203,234$226,544$9,178,8531,477
Apr 4, 2021529,275 232,509$803,013$9,981,8661,478
Apr 11, 2021912,616 245,125$346,057$10,327,9231,479
Apr 17, 2022184,312 289,277$118,278$11,701,5381,532

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

DEG Watched At Home Top 20 Charts

Leading Cast

Charlton Heston    Moses
Yul Brynner    Rameses

Supporting Cast

Anne Baxter    Nefretiri
Edward G. Robinson    Dathan
Yvonne De Carlo    Sephora
Debra Paget    Lilia
John Derek    Joshua
Cedric Hardwicke    Sethi
Nina Foch    Bithiah
Martha Scott    Yochabel
Judith Anderson    Memnet
Vincent Price    Baka
John Carradine    Aaron
Robert Vaughn    Spearman
Michael Ansara    Taskmaster

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

Production and Technical Credits

Cecil B. DeMille    Director
Aeneas MacKenzie    Screenwriter
Jesse L. Lasky    Screenwriter
Jack Gariss    Screenwriter
Fredric M. Frank    Screenwriter

DVD Sales: Tangled Straightens Out the Competition

April 11th, 2011

It was an awesome week for new releases on the sales chart, or should that be "new release". While there were five new releases to chart, one of them, Tangled, dominated selling 3.46 million units while generating $51.92 million in sales. It is already the biggest selling DVD of 2011. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 29th, 2011

March 30th, 2011

It's a very busy week for DVD and Blu-ray releases with several top-tier releases, as well as plenty of interesting catalog titles. Paradoxically, this week's list could be rather short, as I've previously reviewed most of the major releases, while I'm still waiting on about half of the catalog titles to show up. So this week's list is mostly just links to the reviews already done and notices of what reviews to look forward to if / when late screeners arrive. In the meantime, the best of the best is a three-horse race between Tangled, Black Swan, and Mad Men: Season Four. All three are absolutely worth picking up, but for Pick of the Week I'm going with the Mad Men: Season Four on Blu-ray. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: The Ten Commandments

March 26th, 2011

The final film by legendary director Cecil B. DeMille, whose name in practically synonymous with the term "Epic". And The Ten Commandments is arguably his greatest movie ever earning seven Oscar nominations, including one win for Best Special Effects. (The Greatest Show on Earth did earn the Best Picture Oscar, but now it's widely considered one of the least deserving Best Picture winners and its reviews are middling, at best.) Now some 55 years after its theatrical debut, and some five years after its special edition DVD release, it's coming out on Blu-ray. ... However, I only received a copy of the film on DVD. It's a bit anti-climactic. More...


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Metrics

Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$13,500,000 (worldwide box office is 6.3 times production budget)

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) 975 $85,400,591
All Time International Box Office (Rank 20,901-21,000) 20,999 $31,550
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100) 2,077 $85,432,141

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


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon 4K UHD VOD/EST, Amazon VOD/EST
iTunes:iTunes, iTunes, iTunes
Google Play:Google Play, Google Play, Google Play
Vudu:Vudu, Vudu, Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 5th, 1956 (Wide)
International Releases: December 12th, 1958 (Limited) (Australia)
June 16th, 1973 (Wide) (South Korea)
Video Release: December 7th, 1992 by Paramount Home Video, released as Ten Commandments, The
December 7th, 1992 by Paramount Home Video
March 21st, 2006 by Paramount Home Video, released as Ten Commandments, The (50th Anniversary Collection)
MPAA Rating: G (1972 re-issue)
Running Time: 220 minutes
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Visual Effects, Religious, Voiceover/Narration, Prologue, Faith-Based Drama
Source:Based on Religious Text
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: Paramount Pictures, Motion Pictures Associates, Inc
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Leading Cast

Charlton Heston    Moses
Yul Brynner    Rameses

Supporting Cast

Anne Baxter    Nefretiri
Edward G. Robinson    Dathan
Yvonne De Carlo    Sephora
Debra Paget    Lilia
John Derek    Joshua
Cedric Hardwicke    Sethi
Nina Foch    Bithiah
Martha Scott    Yochabel
Judith Anderson    Memnet
Vincent Price    Baka
John Carradine    Aaron
Robert Vaughn    Spearman
Michael Ansara    Taskmaster

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

Production and Technical Credits

Cecil B. DeMille    Director
Aeneas MacKenzie    Screenwriter
Jesse L. Lasky    Screenwriter
Jack Gariss    Screenwriter
Fredric M. Frank    Screenwriter

DVD Sales: Tangled Straightens Out the Competition

April 11th, 2011

It was an awesome week for new releases on the sales chart, or should that be "new release". While there were five new releases to chart, one of them, Tangled, dominated selling 3.46 million units while generating $51.92 million in sales. It is already the biggest selling DVD of 2011. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 29th, 2011

March 30th, 2011

It's a very busy week for DVD and Blu-ray releases with several top-tier releases, as well as plenty of interesting catalog titles. Paradoxically, this week's list could be rather short, as I've previously reviewed most of the major releases, while I'm still waiting on about half of the catalog titles to show up. So this week's list is mostly just links to the reviews already done and notices of what reviews to look forward to if / when late screeners arrive. In the meantime, the best of the best is a three-horse race between Tangled, Black Swan, and Mad Men: Season Four. All three are absolutely worth picking up, but for Pick of the Week I'm going with the Mad Men: Season Four on Blu-ray. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: The Ten Commandments

March 26th, 2011

The final film by legendary director Cecil B. DeMille, whose name in practically synonymous with the term "Epic". And The Ten Commandments is arguably his greatest movie ever earning seven Oscar nominations, including one win for Best Special Effects. (The Greatest Show on Earth did earn the Best Picture Oscar, but now it's widely considered one of the least deserving Best Picture winners and its reviews are middling, at best.) Now some 55 years after its theatrical debut, and some five years after its special edition DVD release, it's coming out on Blu-ray. ... However, I only received a copy of the film on DVD. It's a bit anti-climactic. More...

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 12/12/1958 $0 0 4 5 $0
South Korea 6/16/1973 $0 0 81 86 $31,550 2/28/2024
 
International Total$31,550 2/28/2024

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 3, 20112727,621 27,621$372,607$372,607956
Mar 28, 20211910,927 308,601$299,728$5,052,5021,477
Apr 4, 20212019,373 327,974$531,401$5,583,9031,478
Mar 27, 2022126,933 384,505$190,172$6,683,6261,529
Apr 3, 2022146,920 391,425$189,816$6,873,4421,530
Apr 10, 2022158,330 399,755$228,492$7,101,9341,531
Apr 17, 2022107,700 407,455$211,211$7,313,1451,532
Mar 5, 2023195,075 423,400$90,234$7,585,4431,578
Mar 12, 2023187,546 430,946$134,168$7,719,6111,579
Apr 2, 2023156,459 437,405$114,841$7,834,4521,582
Apr 9, 2023512,931 450,336$229,913$8,064,3651,583
Apr 16, 2023144,375 454,711$77,788$8,142,1531,584

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Apr 3, 2011526,263 26,263$459,342$459,342956
Apr 10, 20111612,052-54% 38,315$210,792$670,134957
May 1, 2011207,841 68,065$183,769$1,714,689960
Mar 28, 2021148,259 203,234$226,544$9,178,8531,477
Apr 4, 2021529,275 232,509$803,013$9,981,8661,478
Apr 11, 2021912,616 245,125$346,057$10,327,9231,479
Apr 17, 2022184,312 289,277$118,278$11,701,5381,532

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

DEG Watched At Home Top 20 Charts