The Mighty Ducks

1992 | Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport, Ice Hockey, Sports, Sports Coach, Team Sport

Synopsis

A self-centered Minnesota lawyer is sentenced to community service coaching a rag tag youth hockey team.

Scores

Overall Score
82.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
93.2%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
86.1%
Review Aggregate
50.0

Critic Consensus

38.9% Fresh • 18 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 39% of 18 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize family-friendly, funny, character-driven. Many reviews cite execution consistency as the main reasons it falls short.

family-friendlyfunnycharacter-drivenlightheartedemotionalvisually striking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Emilio Estevez1992$4,000,000 source$8,943,692reported
Joss Ackland1992$592,000$1,324,000(est)
Lane Smith1992$446,000$997,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score27.0
RT critic review count30
Rotten Tomatoes audience score65.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating6.6
IMDb votes75,014

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1992$50,752,337$113,478,319
International1992N/AN/A
Worldwide1992$50,754,215$113,482,518

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 Revenue1992$25,376,168$56,739,159
Digital Rentals ?1992N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1992N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1992$53,757,000$120,196,514
Physical Purchases ?1992$38,360,000$85,770,007
TV & Streaming Revenue1992$12,688,084$28,369,580
Total Revenues1992$130,181,253$291,075,260
Expenses
Budget ?1992$10,000,000$22,359,230
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1992$12,500,000 (est)$27,949,038 (est)
Participations1992$10,415,000$23,287,138
Residuals ?1992$7,417,000$16,583,841
Interest & Overhead1992$2,000,000$4,471,846
Total Expenses1992$42,332,000$94,651,093
Movie Net Profit or Loss1992$87,849,253$196,424,167

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