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#9,611 All-time worldwide
#111 1987 releases

Movie profile

The Monster Squad

1987 · 82 min · Keith Barish Productions

Comedy Action Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.8M
Budget $12.0M
Gross minus budget -$8.2M
ROI 0.31x

Domestic gross

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$422,239

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Monster Squad 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 #9,611 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #111 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #2 Keith Barish Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Keith Barish Productions movie set. Primary genre #3,735 Comedy of 4,840 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.

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Quick answer

How did The Monster Squad (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Monster Squad (1987) earned a reported $3.8M worldwide against a reported $12.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$8.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.31x. In this database it currently ranks #9,611 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #111 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,769,990
Budget
$12,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$8,230,010
ROI
0.31x
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

Count Dracula returns to the world of humans accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them the ability to rule the world. A group of horror-loving heroes are the only ones daring to stand in their way.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 14, 1987
Production
Keith Barish Productions, Taft Entertainment Pictures
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyKeith Barish Productions Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartAction Genre chartFantasy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, The Monster Squad is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Action, Fantasy title from Keith Barish Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.8M, reported production budget is $12.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$8.2M, ROI is 0.31x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,611 all-time in the current chart set and #111 among 1987 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.