The Lost Boys
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| Directed by | Joel Schumacher |
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| Produced by | Harvey Bernhard |
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| Cinematography | Michael Chapman |
| Edited by | Robert Brown |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8.5 million |
| Box office | $32.5 million |
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 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.