St. Elmo's Fire

1985 | Drama, Romance, Summer, Twentysomething Character

Synopsis

A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.

Scores

Overall Score
77.5
Popularity Percentile (Year)
80.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
85.8%
Review Aggregate
57.5

Critic Consensus

37.9% Fresh • 29 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 38% of 29 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, emotional, family-friendly. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotemotionalfamily-friendlygrittytragiccoming of age

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Rob Lowe1985$530,000$1,546,000(est)
Demi Moore1985$326,000$952,000(est)
Emilio Estevez1985$246,000$717,000(est)
Ally Sheedy1985$201,000$586,000(est)
Judd Nelson1985$172,000$501,000(est)
Mare Winningham1985$151,000$441,000(est)
Andrew McCarthy1985$136,000$396,000(est)
Martin Balsam1985$124,000$361,000(est)
Andie MacDowell1985$114,000$332,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score45.0
RT critic review count47
Rotten Tomatoes audience score67.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating6.4
IMDb votes50,627

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1985$37,803,872$110,214,450
International1985N/AN/A
Worldwide1985$37,803,872$110,214,450

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 Revenue1985$18,901,936$55,107,225
Digital Rentals ?1985N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1985N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1985$23,299,000$67,926,547
Physical Purchases ?1985$10,248,000$29,877,302
TV & Streaming Revenue1985$9,450,968$27,553,612
Total Revenues1985$61,899,904$180,464,686
Expenses
Budget ?1985$10,000,000$29,154,276
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1985$7,213,000 (est)$21,028,979 (est)
Participations1985$4,952,000$14,437,197
Residuals ?1985$2,927,000$8,533,456
Interest & Overhead1985$2,000,000$5,830,855
Total Expenses1985$27,092,000$78,984,763
Movie Net Profit or Loss1985$34,807,904$101,479,922

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