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#10,097 All-time worldwide

#18 1953 releases

Movie profile

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Name: Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Released: 1953-08-01
Duration: 77 min

1953 · 77 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy Horror Mystery Science Fiction

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $2.6M

Budget $724,805

Gross minus budget $1.9M

ROI 3.61x

Domestic gross

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$539,942

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,097 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1953 releases #18 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1953. Studio / company #342 Universal Pictures of 380 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,961 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.

#10,094 Below 2002 · $2.6M #10,095 Shalako 1968 · $2.6M #10,096 Burnt by the Sun 1994 · $2.6M #10,099 Queen Christina 1934 · $2.6M #10,100 The Jazz Singer 1927 · $2.6M #10,100 Swing Time 1936 · $2.6M

Quick answer

How did Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) earned a reported $2.6M worldwide against a reported $724.8K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.61x. In this database it currently ranks #10,097 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #18 among 1953 releases.

Worldwide gross: $2,616,000
Budget: $724,805
Gross minus budget: $1,891,195
ROI: 3.61x

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.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Aug 1, 1953
Production: Universal Pictures
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1953, Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Horror, Mystery title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.6M, reported production budget is $724,805, gross-minus-budget is $1.9M, ROI is 3.61x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,097 all-time in the current chart set and #18 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.