Fire with Fire

1986 | Drama, Romance, Teenager

Synopsis

A young woman from a Catholic school and a young man from a nearby prison camp fall in love and must run away together to escape the law, the church and their parents.

Scores

Overall Score
37.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
21.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
35.8%
Review Aggregate
75.1

Critic Consensus

0.0% Fresh • 1 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 0% of 1 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, romantic, emotional. Many reviews cite execution consistency as the main reasons it falls short.

character-drivenromanticemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Virginia Madsen1986$78,000$225,000(est)
Craig Sheffer1986$48,000$138,000(est)
Kate Reid1986$36,000$104,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic scoreN/A
RT critic review count1
Rotten Tomatoes audience score83.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating6.4
IMDb votes2,033

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1986$4,636,169$13,269,765
International1986N/AN/A
Worldwide1986$4,636,169$13,269,765

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 Revenue1986$2,318,084$6,634,882
Digital Rentals ?1986N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1986N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1986$7,003,000$20,044,171
Physical Purchases ?1986$3,007,000$8,606,714
TV & Streaming Revenue1986$1,112,681$3,184,744
Total Revenues1986$13,440,765$38,470,511
Expenses
Budget ?1986$5,100,000 (est)$14,597,354 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1986$2,228,000 (est)$6,377,040 (est)
Participations1986$538,000$1,539,878
Residuals ?1986$785,000$2,246,848
Interest & Overhead1986$1,020,000$2,919,471
Total Expenses1986$9,671,000$27,680,590
Movie Net Profit or Loss1986$3,769,765$10,789,921

Similar Movies

Related titles based on shared genres and franchise overlap. View all similar movies
PosterMovieYearMatchOverallEst. Profit
The Fault in Our Stars posterThe Fault in Our Stars2014Shared genres: 393.3$137,521,227
Twilight posterTwilight2008Shared genres: 390.2$157,209,631
Love, Simon posterLove, Simon2018Shared genres: 390.0$13,733,735
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 posterThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 22012Shared genres: 389.5$201,719,128
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse posterThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse2010Shared genres: 388.1$233,606,827