The Stepfather (1987) Profit, Box Office & Budget

Synopsis

After murdering his entire family, a man marries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again.

Scores

Overall Score

55.2

Popularity Percentile (Year)

64.4%

Box Office Percentile (Year)

32.1%

Review Aggregate

75.1

Critic Consensus

90.0% Fresh • 30 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 90% of 30 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize suspenseful, psychological, family-friendly. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

Cast

Cast	Year	Reported Salary	Inflation Adjusted	Notes
Terry O'Quinn	1987	$42,000	$116,000	(est)
Jill Schoelen	1987	$26,000	$72,000	(est)
Shelley Hack	1987	$20,000	$54,000	(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score89.0

RT critic review count37

Rotten Tomatoes audience score65.0

RT audience rating count2,500

IMDb rating6.7

IMDb votes20,130

Rotten Tomatoes IMDb

Box Office ?

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Domestic	1987	$2,488,740	$6,872,515
International	1987	N/A	N/A
Worldwide	1987	$2,488,740	$6,872,515

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).

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue	1987	$1,244,370	$3,436,258
Digital Rentals ?	1987	N/A	N/A
Digital Purchases ?	1987	N/A	N/A
Physical Rentals ?	1987	$8,225,000	$22,712,874
Physical Purchases ?	1987	$3,837,000	$10,595,659
TV & Streaming Revenue	1987	$995,496	$2,749,006
Total Revenues	1987	$14,301,866	$39,493,797
Expenses
Budget ?	1987	$2,738,000 (est)	$7,560,833 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?	1987	$1,428,000 (est)	$3,943,342 (est)
Participations	1987	$572,000	$1,579,546
Residuals ?	1987	$931,000	$2,570,904
Interest & Overhead	1987	$547,600	$1,512,167
Total Expenses	1987	$6,216,600	$17,166,791
Movie Net Profit or Loss	1987	$8,085,266	$22,327,007

Similar Movies

Related titles based on shared genres and franchise overlap. View all similar movies

Movie	Year	Match	Overall	Est. Profit
The Roommate	2011	Shared genres: 3	64.1	$22,367,061
P2	2007	Shared genres: 3	61.7	$25,627,005
Riding the Bullet	2004	Shared genres: 3	45.2	$16,587,429
Evil Remains	2004	Shared genres: 3	27.1	$2,297,374
The Silence of the Lambs	1991	Shared genres: 2	97.9	$117,523,649

The Stepfather