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#10,983 All-time worldwide
#22 1953 releases

Movie profile

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953 · 77 min · Universal International Pictures

Comedy Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.3M
Budget $762,446
Gross minus budget $487,554
ROI 1.64x

Domestic gross

$500,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$750,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$140,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 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 #10,983 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1953 releases #22 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1953. Studio / company #11 Universal International Pictures of 12 titles Position inside the mapped Universal International Pictures movie set. Primary genre #4,274 Comedy of 4,945 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 Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) perform at the box office?

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Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) earned a reported $1.3M worldwide against a reported $762.4K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $487.6K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.64x. In this database it currently ranks #10,983 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #22 among 1953 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,250,000
Budget
$762,446
Gross minus budget
$487,554
ROI
1.64x
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
Apr 6, 1953
Production
Universal International Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUniversal International Pictures Release year chart1953 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1953, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Science Fiction title from Universal International Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.3M, reported production budget is $762,446, gross-minus-budget is $487,554, ROI is 1.64x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,983 all-time in the current chart set and #22 among 1953 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.