Flight of the Navigator (1986) Profit, Box Office & Budget

Synopsis

In 1978, a boy travels eight years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship.

Scores

Overall Score

78.4

Popularity Percentile (Year)

82.5%

Box Office Percentile (Year)

73.6%

Review Aggregate

77.5

Critic Consensus

89.3% Fresh • 28 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 89% of 28 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize family-friendly, funny, character-driven. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

Cast

Cast	Year	Reported Salary	Inflation Adjusted	Notes
Joey Cramer	1986	$1,440,000	$4,122,000	(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score85.0

RT critic review count33

Rotten Tomatoes audience score75.0

RT audience rating count50,000

IMDb rating6.9

IMDb votes54,189

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Box Office ?

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Domestic	1986	$18,564,613	$53,136,123
International	1986	N/A	N/A
Worldwide	1986	$18,564,613	$53,136,123

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).

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue	1986	$9,282,306	$26,568,062
Digital Rentals ?	1986	N/A	N/A
Digital Purchases ?	1986	N/A	N/A
Physical Rentals ?	1986	$22,114,000	$63,295,272
Physical Purchases ?	1986	$9,496,000	$27,179,701
TV & Streaming Revenue	1986	$4,641,153	$13,284,031
Total Revenues	1986	$45,533,460	$130,327,065
Expenses
Budget ?	1986	$9,000,000	$25,760,036
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?	1986	$5,809,000 (est)	$16,626,672 (est)
Participations	1986	$3,643,000	$10,427,090
Residuals ?	1986	$2,553,000	$7,307,264
Interest & Overhead	1986	$1,800,000	$5,152,007
Total Expenses	1986	$22,805,000	$65,273,070
Movie Net Profit or Loss	1986	$22,728,460	$65,053,995

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