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It’s been exactly 39 years since The Secret of My Success <\/em>debuted in theaters, reinforcing Michael J. Fox<\/a><\/strong>as a box office draw. The wacky workplace comedy came two years after blockbusters Back to the Future<\/a><\/em>and Teen Wolf <\/em>turned Fox into a global star and despite mixed reviews, the film was a major success<\/a> for Universal Pictures.<\/p>\n With a $12 million budget, The Secret of My Success <\/em>may have been just another rags-to-riches comedy cookie-cutter comedy but it was a box office hit, bringing in $111 million worldwide.<\/a><\/p>\n The film’s logline describes the Fox-led film as “a talented young man can’t get an executive position without rising through the ranks, so he comes up with a shortcut, which also benefits his love life.”<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfacSIGN UP for Parade\u2019s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/a>\ud83c\udfac<\/p>\n Other films released in the late ’80s and early ’90s often had the same vibe as The Secret of My Success<\/em>, cashing in on the “making it big in the city” trope like Working Girl, Trading Places, For Love or Money, and Bright Lights, Big City. <\/em><\/p>\n While other movies<\/a> were more successful, there are plenty of arguments online about why The Secret of My Success <\/em>is “the ultimate ’80s movie.<\/a>” In a Reddit thread, users made their case, pointing out that aside from starring Fox, who was the ’80s “it guy,” it also had “more 80’s montages than you can shake a stick at.”<\/p>\n Possibly the only thing more ’80s than the movie is the soundtrack that went with it. The title song by Night Ranger is a synth-heavy rock jam with saxophones, a keyboard and flying V electric guitars.<\/p>\n Then there was Pat Benatar<\/a><\/strong>‘s “Sometimes the Good Guys Finish First,” Roger Daltrey<\/strong>‘s “The Price of Love,” and Bananarama’s “Riskin’ a Romance,” to name a few.<\/p>\n This story was originally published by Parade<\/a> on Apr 10, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s been exactly 39 years since The Secret of My Success debuted in theaters, reinforcing Michael J. Foxas a box office draw. The wacky workplace comedy came two years after blockbusters Back to the Futureand Teen Wolf turned Fox into a global star and despite mixed reviews, the film was a major success for Universal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2368014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[34641],"class_list":["post-2368013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-michael-j-fox"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1987-Classic-Comedy-Starring-Michael-J-Fox-Became-a-Box.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368015,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368013\/revisions\/2368015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2368014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}