Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Nature just got gangster.
Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush.A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
- Director
- Taika Waititi
- Worldwide
- $24M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
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Box Office & Release
Hunt for the Wilderpeople returned 9.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $24M
- Release date
- Jan 22, 2016
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, New Zealand
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