The Fly
“Be afraid. Be very afraid.”
When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Studio
SLM Production Group
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Fly performed
Budget
$15.0M
Worldwide Gross
$60.6M
Gross Profit
$45.6M
Return
4.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$12M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~44/56, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (45% of the domestic run, typical for Horror) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Seth Brundle
Jeff Goldblum
Seth Brundle
Veronica Quaife
Geena Davis
Veronica Quaife
Stathis Borans
John Getz
Stathis Borans
Tawny
Joy Boushel
Tawny
Dr. Cheevers
Leslie Carlson
Dr. Cheevers
Marky
George Chuvalo
Marky
2nd Man in Bar
Michael Copeman
2nd Man in Bar
Gynecologist
David Cronenberg
Gynecologist
Nurse
Carol Lazare
Nurse
Clerk
Shawn Hewitt
Clerk
Baboon (uncredited)
Typhoon
Baboon (uncredited)
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Ann Green
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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