Little Miss Sunshine
A family on the verge of a breakdown.
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
- Director
- Valerie Faris
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Humour
- Worldwide
- $101M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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Story overview
What It's About
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A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
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The record
Awards
5 wins · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
2 wins · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress
César Award for Best Foreign Film
1 win
- WinnerCésar Award for Best Foreign Film
Grand prix du Festival de Deauville
1 win
- WinnerGrand prix du Festival de Deauville
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Little Miss Sunshine returned 12.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $101M
- Release date
- Jul 26, 2006
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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