Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

1989 | Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Synopsis

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

Scores

Overall Score
90.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
95.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
97.3%
Review Aggregate
65.3

Critic Consensus

91.3% Fresh • 23 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 91% of 23 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize family-friendly, scary, visually striking. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

family-friendlyscaryvisually strikingcoming of agefunnycharacter-driven

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
N/A

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score76.0
RT critic review count38
Rotten Tomatoes audience score54.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating6.4
IMDb votes173,683

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1989$130,724,172$330,711,071
International1989N/AN/A
Worldwide1989$130,724,985$330,713,127

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$65,362,086$165,355,535
Digital Rentals ?1989N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1989N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1989$50,145,000$126,858,762
Physical Purchases ?1989$27,806,000$70,344,695
TV & Streaming Revenue1989$36,602,768$92,599,100
Total Revenues1989$179,915,854$455,158,092
Expenses
Budget ?1989$13,499,000 (est)$34,150,293 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1989$15,762,000 (est)$39,875,318 (est)
Participations1989$26,987,000$68,272,757
Residuals ?1989$7,516,000$19,014,268
Interest & Overhead1989$2,699,800$6,830,059
Total Expenses1989$66,463,800$168,142,694
Movie Net Profit or Loss1989$113,452,054$287,015,398

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