The Breakfast Club is considered John Hughes’ most famous movie. John Hughes wrote, produced, and directed The Breakfast Club, a 1985 American teen coming-of-age movie. Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy star as adolescents from various high school cliques who are held in detention by their autocratic assistant principal on a Saturday.
On February 7, 1985, the picture premiered in Los Angeles. On February 15, 1985, Universal Pictures distributed it in theatres across the United States. On a $1 million budget, it won critical acclaim and grossed $51.5 million. It is regarded as one of Hughes’ most memorable and recognized compositions by critics. The five principal actors in the film were dubbed the ‘Brat Pack’ by the press.
The Library of Congress chose the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 2016 because it was ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically important.’ In 2015, the picture was digitally remastered and re-released in 430 cinemas to commemorate its 30th anniversary.
The picture premiered at No. 3 at the box office in February 1985. Given its $1 million budget, the picture was a box office hit, grossing $45,875,171 domestically and $51,525,171 internationally. The Breakfast Club has been dubbed the ‘ultimate 1980s movie.’ Empire magazine ranked it 369th on their list of the 500 Greatest Movies of All Time in 2008. On their 2014 list, it was placed number 38.
