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Released
1990 · FILM

House Party

A rebellious teen sneaks out of his curfew to crash his best friend’s epic house party, only to discover a trio of school bullies are waiting to turn the night into a dangerous showdown that could ruin his freedom forever.

If they get caught, it's all over. If they don't, it's just the beginning!

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Written by
Runtime
104 min
ComedyMusic

Synopsis

Young Kid is invited to a party at his friend Play's house. However, after a fight at school, his father grounds him. Despite this, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. What he doesn't know is that three of the thugs from school have decided to give him a lesson in behavior.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Earl WatsonShot by Peter DemingScored by Roney HooksDesigned by Bryan Jones

Box Office

1990 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 11× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$26.4M

Budget$2.5M
Worldwide gross$26.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $26.4M 100% of worldwide · International: $1 (0%)

Opening weekend: $4.6M 17% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $5.7M22% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 520 theaters

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