Kingpin
You wouldn't want to meet these pinheads in an alley.
After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity.That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael.So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.
- Director
- Bobby Farrelly
- Worldwide
- $25M
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Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.
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Box Office & Release
Kingpin returned 0.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $27M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $25M
- Release date
- Jul 4, 1996
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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