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#12,139 All-time worldwide
#205 1987 releases

Movie profile

School Ghost

1987 · 81 min · Defa Studio Für Spielfilme

Family Fantasy Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $150,000
Budget $850,000
Gross minus budget -$700,000
ROI 0.18x

Domestic gross

$64,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$85,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$19,350

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where School Ghost ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #12,139 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #205 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #2 Defa Studio Für Spielfilme of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Defa Studio Für Spielfilme movie set. Primary genre #1,341 Family of 1,380 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#12,136 Pushing Hands 1991 · $152,322 #12,137 I, Madman 1989 · $151,203 #12,138 Eminent Domain 1991 · $151,098 #12,144 Jacquot 1991 · $149,200 #12,145 Tom Waits: Big Time 1988 · $148,426 #12,146 The Proposition 1998 · $147,773

Quick answer

How did School Ghost (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

School Ghost (1987) earned a reported $150.0K worldwide against a reported $850.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$700.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.18x. In this database it currently ranks #12,139 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #205 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$150,000
Budget
$850,000
Gross minus budget
-$700,000
ROI
0.18x
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

Carola is a mischievous girl who doesn't care much for school- except for sports and recess, of course. Without her good friend Willi to keep her on the straight and narrow, she would really be in trouble. One day at school, Carola has an idea. She invents what she calls "International Ghosts' Day" and a ghost named "Buh" to go with it. When Buh turns out to be less-than-imaginary the two decide to switch places, with Buh taking on all the schoolwork, and Carola taking the opportunity to play practical jokes on all her friends...

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 3, 1987
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Countries
DE, XG

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyDefa Studio Für Spielfilme Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartFamily Genre chartFantasy Genre chartComedy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, School Ghost is positioned in this dataset as a Family, Fantasy, Comedy title from DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $150,000, reported production budget is $850,000, gross-minus-budget is -$700,000, ROI is 0.18x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,139 all-time in the current chart set and #205 among 1987 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.