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#11,861 All-time worldwide
#40 1957 releases

Movie profile

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

1957 · 74 min · Santa Rosa Productions

Horror Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $310,000
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$148,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$161,200

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$63,984

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where I Was a Teenage Frankenstein 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 #11,861 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1957 releases #40 Release-year chart position of 46 titles Ranked against movies released in 1957. Primary genre #1,155 Horror of 1,240 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.

#11,858 The Seventh Seal 1957 · $311,212 #11,859 Ghost for Sale 1991 · $311,088 #11,860 Four Days in September 1997 · $310,724 #11,862 Consummate Power 1984 · $309,703 #11,863 Colossus: The Forbin Project 1970 · $308,828 #11,864 The Slingshot 1993 · $308,368

Quick answer

How did I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957) perform at the box office?

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I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $310.0K. In this database it currently ranks #11,861 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #40 among 1957 releases.

Worldwide gross
$310,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Professor Frankenstein creates a teenager from an accident victim, who gets angry when he learns he is going to be taken apart.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 23, 1957
Production
Santa Rosa Productions, American International Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companySanta Rosa Productions Release year chart1957 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1957, I Was a Teenage Frankenstein is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Science Fiction title from Santa Rosa Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $310,000. For comparison, it currently sits #11,861 all-time in the current chart set and #40 among 1957 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.