Release year

2026

Release date

August 22, 1986

Franchise

N/A

Genres

AdventureComedyDrama

Runtime

89 minutes

Distributors

Columbia Pictures

MPAA rating

N/A

Directors

Rob Reiner

Screenwriters

Raynold GideonBruce A. Evans

Writers

N/A

Producers

Andrew ScheinmanBruce A. EvansRaynold Gideon

Studios

Columbia Pictures

Production companies

N/A

Cinematography

Thomas Del Ruth

Edited by

Robert Leighton

Music by

Jack Nitzsche

Based on

The Body1982 novellaby Stephen King

Budget

Estimated Profit

$509K

Est Profit Inflation Adj

SCREEN PROFITS REPORT

Stand by Me

Name: Stand by Me
Released: August 22, 1986 (1986-08-22) (United States)

2026 · Rob Reiner · Andrew Scheinman | Bruce A. Evans | Raynold Gideon · 89 minutes

Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Rob Reiner. Based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body, the film is set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Oregon, in 1959. Stand by Me stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell as four boys who set out on a journey to find the dead body of a missing boy. The film's title is derived from the 1961 song of the same name by Ben E. King, which plays during the film's closing credits.

Adventure Comedy Drama

Cast Salaries

Cast	Year	Salary	Inflation adjusted salary	Notes
Wil Wheaton	2026	$460,085	N/A	(est)
Wil Wheaton River Phoenix	2026	$1,500,000	N/A	(est)
Corey Feldman Jerry O'	2026	$750,000	N/A	(est)
River Phoenix	2026	$283,215	N/A	(est)
Connell Kiefer Sutherland	2026	$400,000	N/A	(est)
Corey Feldman	2026	$213,232	N/A	(est)
Jerry O'Connell	2026	$174,340	N/A	(est)
Kiefer Sutherland	2026	$149,128	N/A	(est)

Box Office Reported grosses are direct imports. Inflation-adjusted values use imported adjusted totals when available, otherwise they use the yearly U.S. CPI table you maintain in WordPress.

Inflation-adjusted values are shown in 2025 dollars when CPI data is available.

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross.	2026	$700,349	N/A
International International theatrical box office gross.	2026	$74,700	N/A
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross.	2026	$775,049	N/A

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated revenues and expenses for films based on currently imported reported and estimated fields. Inflation-adjusted values use the CPI table when direct adjusted values are not present in the export.

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$380,055 (est)	N/A (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$31,516	N/A
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$36,418	N/A
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$350	N/A
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $2,941, BluRay $4,062	2026	$7,004	N/A
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$116,725 (est)	N/A (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2026	$572,067	N/A
Expenses
Budget Production budget. sourceSource: Wikipedia infoboxURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_by_Me_(film)$7.5–8 million	2026	$8	N/A
Print & Advertising (P&A) P&A estimated from peer comps using release year, budget, genre, and theatrical performance. sourceSource: ScreenProfits comp P&A estimateEstimated from 12 peer comps using budget + domestic + worldwide. Peers: Bad Newz \| Selfiee \| Waltair Veerayya \| Indian 2 \| Saiyaara	2026	$9 (est)	N/A (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$56,501 (est)	N/A (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$7,036 (est)	N/A (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$1 (est)	N/A (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2026	$63,555	N/A
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model.	2026	$508,512	$0

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