Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Leisure rules.
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
- Director
- John Hughes
- Signature
- Craft · Humour · Tension
- Worldwide
- $70M
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After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
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Box Office & Release
Ferris Bueller's Day Off returned 11.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $6M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $70M
- Release date
- Jun 11, 1986
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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