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#9,172 All-time worldwide
#119 1988 releases

Movie profile

Young Einstein

1988 · 91 min · Warner Bros. Pictures

Comedy Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $5.0M
Budget $24.9M
Gross minus budget -$19.9M
ROI 0.20x

Domestic gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$560,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Young Einstein 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 #9,172 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #119 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #199 Warner Bros. Pictures of 288 titles Position inside the mapped Warner Bros. Pictures movie set. Primary genre #3,567 Comedy of 4,840 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 Young Einstein (1988) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Young Einstein (1988) earned a reported $5.0M worldwide against a reported $24.9M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$19.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.20x. In this database it currently ranks #9,172 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #119 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$5,000,000
Budget
$24,900,000
Gross minus budget
-$19,900,000
ROI
0.20x
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

Albert Einstein is the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, who discovers the secret of splitting the beer atom to put the bubbles back into beer. When Albert travels to Sydney to patent his invention he meets beatuiful French scientist Marie Curie, as well as several unscrupulous types who try to take advantage of the naive genius and his invention.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 15, 1988
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries
AU

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Studio / production companyWarner Bros. Pictures Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Young Einstein is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Science Fiction title from Warner Bros. Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5.0M, reported production budget is $24.9M, gross-minus-budget is -$19.9M, ROI is 0.20x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,172 all-time in the current chart set and #119 among 1988 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.