Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
History is about to be rewritten by two guys who can't spell.
Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band.They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society.
- Director
- Stephen Herek
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $41M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Time Travel Movies Ranked #24
Placed at #24 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure returned 4.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $10M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $41M
- Release date
- Feb 17, 1989
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, Greek
- Country
- United States of America
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