Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

1984 | Horror, Thriller, Slasher

Synopsis

After being announced dead and taken to a morgue, Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives, escapes from the hospital, and stalks a group of friends renting a house in the countryside near Crystal Lake.

Scores

Overall Score
75.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
85.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
82.3%
Review Aggregate
42.4

Critic Consensus

29.2% Fresh • 24 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 29% of 24 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, visually striking, funny. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotvisually strikingfunnycoming of agescarysuspenseful

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Kimberly Beck1984$169,000$511,000(est)
Corey Feldman1984$20,000 source$60,385reported
Crispin Glover1984$78,000$237,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score23.0
RT critic review count31
Rotten Tomatoes audience score52.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating6.0
IMDb votes64,059

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1984$32,980,880$99,577,498
International1984N/AN/A
Worldwide1984$32,982,894$99,583,579

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 Revenue1984$16,490,440$49,788,749
Digital Rentals ?1984N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1984N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1984$16,435,000$49,621,362
Physical Purchases ?1984$8,748,000$26,412,393
TV & Streaming Revenue1984$8,245,220$24,894,375
Total Revenues1984$49,918,660$150,716,878
Expenses
Budget ?1984$2,200,000$6,642,348
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1984$2,750,000 (est)$8,302,936 (est)
Participations1984$3,993,000$12,055,862
Residuals ?1984$2,250,000$6,793,311
Interest & Overhead1984$440,000$1,328,470
Total Expenses1984$11,633,000$35,122,927
Movie Net Profit or Loss1984$38,285,660$115,593,951

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