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#2,271 All-time worldwide
#6 1974 releases

Movie profile

Young Frankenstein

1974 · 106 min · Crossbow Productions

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $86.3M
Budget $2.8M
Gross minus budget $83.5M
ROI 30.81x

Domestic gross

$34.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$51.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$9.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Young 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 #2,271 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1974 releases #6 Release-year chart position of 73 titles Ranked against movies released in 1974. Studio / company #2 Crossbow Productions of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Crossbow Productions movie set. Primary genre #839 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.

#2,268 Dinner for Schmucks 2010 · $86.4M #2,269 Sky High 2005 · $86.4M #2,270 La Vie en Rose 2007 · $86.3M #2,272 War Dogs 2016 · $86.2M #2,273 Step Up All In 2014 · $86.2M #2,274 I Can Only Imagine 2018 · $86.1M

Quick answer

How did Young Frankenstein (1974) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Young Frankenstein (1974) earned a reported $86.3M worldwide against a reported $2.8M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $83.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 30.81x. In this database it currently ranks #2,271 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #6 among 1974 releases.

Worldwide gross
$86,273,333
Budget
$2,800,000
Gross minus budget
$83,473,333
ROI
30.81x
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
Dec 15, 1974
Production
Crossbow Productions, Gruskoff/Venture Films, Jouer Limited
Countries
US

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyCrossbow Productions Release year chart1974 box office Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1974, Young Frankenstein is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Crossbow Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $86.3M, reported production budget is $2.8M, gross-minus-budget is $83.5M, ROI is 30.81x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,271 all-time in the current chart set and #6 among 1974 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.