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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

Box office summary

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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Cast & Crew

Full Schumacher filmography
Joel Schumacher Joel Schumacher Director Jason Patric Jason Patric Starring Barnard Hughes Barnard Hughes Starring Kiefer Sutherland Kiefer Sutherland Starring Dianne Wiest Dianne Wiest Starring Corey Feldman Corey Feldman Starring
ScreenplayJanice Fischer, James Jeremias, Jeffrey Boam Produced byHarvey Bernhard CinematographyMichael Chapman Music byThomas Newman StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 31-Aug 2 2 $5.2M — 1,027 $5,099 $5.2M
2 Aug 7-9 5 $4.0M −23.4% 1,027 $3,904 $12.7M
3 Aug 14-16 9 $2.7M −33.4% 1,002 $2,666 $17.9M
4 Aug 21-23 8 $2.4M −11.8% 1,249 $1,885 $22.0M
6 Sep 4-6 14 $1.6M — 871 $1,829 $27.2M
9 Sep 25-27 16 $395.4K — 501 $789 $29.8M
10 Oct 2-4 18 $345.1K −12.7% 432 $799 $30.3M
Weekend grossWk 10 · $345.1K
$5.2M
$4.0M
$2.7M
$2.4M
$1.6M
$395.4K
$345.1K
W1W2W3W4W6W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −12.7%
−23.4%
W1→2
−33.4%
W2→3
−11.8%
W3→4
−12.7%
W9→10
Steepest −33.4%Best hold −11.8%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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