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The Lost Boys

1987 • R • 1h 37m • Comedy, Horror • Warner Bros. Pictures

Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire.

🍅 75% 85% MC 63 LB 3.68 IMDb 7.2

The Lost Boys Box Office

Opening Weekend
$5.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$33.1M
Final
Worldwide Total
$33.3M
$172.5K international
Domestic Legs6.3x
Budget$8.5M
1987 Rank#33
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 31-Aug 2 2 $5.24M — $5.24M 1,027 $5.1K 1
Aug 7-9 5 $4.01M -23.4% $12.73M 1,027 $3.9K 2
Aug 14-16 9 $2.67M -33.4% $17.95M 1,002 $2.7K 3
Aug 21-23 8 $2.35M -11.8% $22.03M 1,249 $1.9K 4
Sep 4-6 14 $1.59M — $27.19M 871 $1.8K 6
Sep 25-27 16 $395K — $29.83M 501 $789 9
Oct 2-4 18 $345K -12.7% $30.33M 432 $799 10

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byJoel Schumacher
ScreenplayJanice Fischer, James Jeremias, Jeffrey Boam
Produced byHarvey Bernhard
CinematographyMichael Chapman
Music byThomas Newman
StarringJason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Dianne Wiest, Corey Feldman, Edward Herrmann
StudioWarner Bros. Pictures

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