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#11,379 All-time worldwide
#164 1989 releases

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $793,775
Budget $7.0M
Gross minus budget -$6.2M
ROI 0.11x

Domestic gross

$341,323

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$452,452

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$102,397

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Little Monsters ranks

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Quick answer

How did Little Monsters (1989) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Little Monsters (1989) earned a reported $793.8K worldwide against a reported $7.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$6.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.11x. In this database it currently ranks #11,379 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #164 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$793,775
Budget
$7,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$6,206,225
ROI
0.11x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games under his bed where pulling pranks on kids and other monsters is the main attraction.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 25, 1989
Production
Davis Entertainment, Licht/Mueller Film Corporation, Vestron Pictures
Countries
US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Little Monsters is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy title from Davis Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $793,775, reported production budget is $7.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$6.2M, ROI is 0.11x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,379 all-time in the current chart set and #164 among 1989 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.