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Released
1931 · FILM

Frankenstein

Obsessed scientist Henry Frankenstein strives to conquer death by stitching together a living being, only to unleash a vengeful creation that threatens both his sanity and a terrified world.

“The man who made a monster.”

Directed by
James Whale
Written by
John L Balderston, Mary Shelley
Rated
BBFC · PG
Color
Black & White
Runtime
70 min
DramaHorrorSci-Fi

Synopsis

Dr. Henry Frankenstein assembles body parts in an attempt to create a human-like being. His ambitions are destroyed when the creature he brings to life awakens with anger in a society that rejects and fears it.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 36

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Clarence KolsterShot by Arthur Edeson

Box Office

1931 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 41× 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

$12.0M

Budget$291K
Worldwide gross$12.0M
break-even (2.5×)

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  • Frankensteinde

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