Young Frankenstein
“The scariest comedy of all time!”
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.
Genres
Comedy
Studio
Crossbow Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Young Frankenstein performed
Budget
$2.8M
Worldwide Gross
$86.3M
Gross Profit
$83.5M
Return
30.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$12M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Dr. Frankenstein
Gene Wilder
Dr. Frankenstein
Monster
Peter Boyle
Monster
Igor
Marty Feldman
Igor
Elizabeth
Madeline Kahn
Elizabeth
Frau Blücher
Cloris Leachman
Frau Blücher
Inga
Teri Garr
Inga
Inspector Kemp
Kenneth Mars
Inspector Kemp
Herr Falkstein
Richard Haydn
Herr Falkstein
Mr. Hilltop
Liam Dunn
Mr. Hilltop
Medical Student
Danny Goldman
Medical Student
Sadistic Jailor
Oscar Beregi Jr.
Sadistic Jailor
Village Elder
Arthur Malet
Village Elder
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