Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

1989 | Adventure, Horror, Thriller, Slasher

Synopsis

Jason Voorhees is accidentally awakened from his watery grave and ends up stalking a ship full of graduating high-school students headed to Manhattan, New York.

Scores

Overall Score
65.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
81.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
67.2%
Review Aggregate
24.8

Critic Consensus

13.6% Fresh • 22 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 14% of 22 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, scary, suspenseful. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotscarysuspensefulcharacter-drivenemotionalvisually striking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Jensen Daggett1989$196,000$495,000(est)
Scott Reeves1989$120,000$305,000(est)
Barbara Bingham1989$91,000$229,000(est)
Peter Mark Richman1989$74,000$187,000(est)
Martin Cummins1989$63,000$160,000(est)
Gordon Currie1989$56,000$141,000(est)
Alex Diakun1989$50,000$127,000(est)
V.C. Dupree1989$46,000$115,000(est)
Saffron Henderson1989$42,000$106,000(est)
Kelly Hu1989$39,000$99,000(est)
Sharlene Martin1989$37,000$92,000(est)
Warren Munson1989$34,000$87,000(est)
Kane Hodder1989$32,000$82,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score11.0
RT critic review count27
Rotten Tomatoes audience score26.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating4.5
IMDb votes46,535

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1989$14,343,976$36,287,944
International1989N/AN/A
Worldwide1989$14,343,976$36,287,944

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 Revenue1989$7,171,988$18,143,972
Digital Rentals ?1989N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1989N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1989$29,796,000$75,379,071
Physical Purchases ?1989$16,522,000$41,797,993
TV & Streaming Revenue1989$3,442,554$8,709,107
Total Revenues1989$56,932,542$144,030,142
Expenses
Budget ?1989$5,500,000$13,914,112
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1989$4,343,000 (est)$10,987,089 (est)
Participations1989$4,555,000$11,523,415
Residuals ?1989$3,584,000$9,066,942
Interest & Overhead1989$1,100,000$2,782,822
Total Expenses1989$19,082,000$48,274,380
Movie Net Profit or Loss1989$37,850,542$95,755,762

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