Hot Rod
Smack destiny in the face.
For Rod Kimble, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone.Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches.When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most outrageous stunt yet to raise money for Frank's operation -- and then Rod will kick Frank's butt.
- Director
- Akiva Schaffer
- Worldwide
- $14M
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Cast
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For Rod Kimble, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most outrageous stunt yet to raise money for Frank's operation -- and then Rod will kick Frank's butt.
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Box Office & Release
Hot Rod returned 0.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $25M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $14M
- Release date
- Aug 3, 2007
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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