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Released
1935 · FILM

Bride of Frankenstein

Dr. Frankenstein, desperate to escape his monstrous past, must confront a manipulative former mentor who coerces him into creating a new abomination, risking the world’s safety for a chance at redemption.

“More fearful than the monster himself!”

Directed by
James Whale
Written by
Mary Shelley, William Hurlbut
Rated
MPA · NR
Color
Black & White
Runtime
75 min
DramaHorrorSci-Fi

Synopsis

After being attacked by an angry mob, both Dr. Frankenstein and his monster are revealed to be alive. Seeking to leave his troubled past behind, the remorseful scientist tries to start anew, but is compelled by a former mentor to help in the creation of another creature.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 63+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Ted J KentShot by John J MescallScored by Franz Waxman

Box Office

1935 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$2.0M

Budget$394K
Worldwide gross$2.0M
break-even (2.5×)

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Also known as

  • Frankenstein Lives Again!de
  • Frankensteins Brautde
  • Frankensteins Rückkehrde
  • The Bride of Frankensteinde
  • The Return of Frankensteinde
  • La novia de Frankensteines
  • La Fiancée de Frankensteinfr
  • La moglie di Frankensteinit

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