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Young Einstein

 1989
 91 minutes (1 hrs 31 mins)
Young Einstein

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Yahoo Serious

Starring

Yahoo Serious · Odile Le Clezio · John Howard · Peewee Wilson · Su Cruickshank · Lulu Pinkus

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 4th August 1989

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 22nd Sep '89
  • Debut position: 5
  • Highest position: 5
  • Debut gross: £192.3 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 6

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 4th Aug '89
  • Debut position: 8
  • Highest position: 8
  • Debut gross: $3.1 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 2

Chart position history

UK box office

22 Sep, 1989
5
29 Sep, 1989
6
6 Oct, 1989
11
13 Oct, 1989
14
20 Oct, 1989
14

US box office

4 Aug, 1989
8
11 Aug, 1989
10

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £384 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $7.1 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Last viewed:
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News from around the web
Yahoo Serious | The 1980s indie star who made three films and vanished  Film Stories Wed, 13th August 2025

Young Einstein | Audience Reviews  Rotten Tomatoes Thu, 4th December 2025

Rewatching Australian classic films: Young Einstein – a genius's work of nonsense  The Guardian Thu, 26th June 2014

Young Einstein Is Serious Alternate History Hidden Behind a Campy Exterior  reactormag.com Mon, 1st March 2021

Young Einstein Review  empireonline.com Sat, 1st January 2000

Summer of ‘89: Yahoo Serious’s Young Einstein at 25  Slant Magazine Wed, 6th August 2014

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