House of Wax
You've never been scared until you've been scared in 3-D.
A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly runs into trouble when his business partner demands the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.
- Director
- André de Toth
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Drama
- Worldwide
- $24M
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A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly runs into trouble when his business partner demands the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.
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Box Office & Release
House of Wax returned 23.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $1M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $24M
- Release date
- Apr 16, 1953
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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