The Lost Boys

The Lost Boys is a 1987 American horror comedy movie directed by Joel Schumacher. It was produced by Harvey Bernhard with a screenplay written by Jeffrey Boam.

The Lost Boys
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Directed byJoel Schumacher
Produced byHarvey Bernhard
Screenplay by
Story by
Starring
Music byThomas Newman
CinematographyMichael Chapman
Edited byRobert Brown
Production
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Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • July 31, 1987 (1987-07-31)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8.5 million
Box office$32.5 million

The cast includes Corey Haim, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Jamison Newlander, and Barnard Hughes.

The title is a reference to the Lost Boys in J. M. Barrie's stories about Peter Pan and Neverland, who, like the vampires, never grow up.

The movie was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on July 31, 1987, and was a critical and commercial success, earning $32.5 million on a budget of $8.5 million. Over two decades later after its release, it became a movie franchise with two low-budget sequel movies (Lost Boys: The Tribe and Lost Boys: The Thirst) and two comic book series. A musical of the movie began on Broadway in the spring of 2026.

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