Flipper
This summer it's finally safe to go back in the water.
Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks.Sandy dislikes everything about his new environment until a new friend comes into his life, a dolphin named Flipper, that brings uncle and nephew together and leads Sandy on the summer adventure of a lifetime.
- Worldwide
- $20M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks. Sandy dislikes everything about his new environment until a new friend comes into his life, a dolphin named Flipper, that brings uncle and nephew together and leads Sandy on the summer adventure of a lifetime.
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Box Office & Release
Flipper returned 0.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $26M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $20M
- Release date
- May 17, 1996
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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