Brewster's Millions

1985 | Comedy

Synopsis

A minor-league baseball player must spend $30 million in 30 days in order to inherit $300 million. However, he's not allowed to own any assets, destroy the money, gift it, give it to charity, or tell anyone about the deal.

Scores

Overall Score
74.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
75.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
87.7%
Review Aggregate
51.5

Critic Consensus

33.3% Fresh • 15 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 33% of 15 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, character-driven, emotional. Many reviews cite execution consistency as the main reasons it falls short.

funnycharacter-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Richard Pryor1985$1,078,000$3,144,000(est)
John Candy1985$664,000$1,935,000(est)
Lonette McKee1985$500,000$1,457,000(est)
Stephen Collins1985$409,000$1,191,000(est)
Hume Cronyn1985$350,000$1,019,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score39.0
RT critic review count23
Rotten Tomatoes audience score56.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating6.5
IMDb votes45,605

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1985$40,833,132$119,046,040
International1985N/AN/A
Worldwide1985$40,833,132$119,046,040

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue1985$20,416,566$59,523,020
Digital Rentals ?1985N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1985N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1985$23,515,000$68,556,280
Physical Purchases ?1985$10,343,000$30,154,268
TV & Streaming Revenue1985$10,208,283$29,761,510
Total Revenues1985$64,482,849$187,995,078
Expenses
Budget ?1985$15,000,000$43,731,414
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1985$7,943,000 (est)$23,157,241 (est)
Participations1985$5,159,000$15,040,691
Residuals ?1985$2,986,000$8,705,467
Interest & Overhead1985$3,000,000$8,746,283
Total Expenses1985$34,088,000$99,381,096
Movie Net Profit or Loss1985$30,394,849$88,613,982

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