<P> On the film's cast, director Joel Schumacher stated he had: "one of the greatest in the world . They are what make the film ." Most of the younger cast were relatively unknown at the time . Schumacher and Marion Dougherty met with a countless number before any were cast . </P> <P> After seeing Kiefer Sutherland's portrayal of Tim in At Close Range, Schumacher arranged a reading with him; at which, they got on very well . Sutherland had just completed work on Stand by Me when he was offered the role of David . According to Schumacher, Sutherland: "can do almost anything . He's a born character actor . You can see it in The Lost Boys . He has the least amount of dialogue in the movie, but his presence is extraordinary ." </P> <P> The majority of the film was shot in Santa Cruz, California; this includes the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, the Pogonip open space preserve, and the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountains . Originally, the script called for Santa Cruz to be the name of the fictional town where the "lost boys" hunted their prey . However, the aforementioned city's council strongly objected to the town being portrayed as the "murder capital of the world"; so they refused to grant filming permits . It was for this reason the producers introduced the fictional town of "Santa Carla". Unbeknown at the time, was the fact that Santa Cruz's true crime history is what attracted the producers to the beach town in the first place . In the late 1970s, Santa Cruz gained an unpopular reputation as "Murdersville, USA" and as being "the Murder Capital of the World" after three infamous serial killers (Kemper, Mullin, and Carpenter) were found to have hunted victims in the area . </P> <P> The Lost Boys opened at #2 during its opening weekend, with a domestic gross of over $5.2 million . It went on to gross a domestic total of over $32.2 million against an $8.5 million budget . </P>

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