Recess: School's Out
Saving the world one playground at a time.
J.Detweiler is looking forward to summer.J.uncovers an evil plot to do away with summer vacation!A crazy former principal, Dr.Benedict, is planning to use a laser beam to alter the weather and create permanent winter.J.rounds up the RECESS gang and bands together with some unexpected allies — Miss Finster and Principal Prickly — in a nonstop adventure to save everyone's summer break.
- Director
- Chuck Sheetz
- Worldwide
- $44M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
39 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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The school year is finally ending, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to summer. But boredom quickly sets in when his friends leave for camp — until T.J. uncovers an evil plot to do away with summer vacation! A crazy former principal, Dr. Benedict, is planning to use a laser beam to alter the weather and create permanent winter. Faced with the dire threat of year-round school, T.J. rounds up the RECESS gang and bands together with some unexpected allies — Miss Finster and Principal Prickly — in a nonstop adventure to save everyone's summer break. As the kids discover the heroes inside themselves, a platoon of wacky characters, far-out music, and sci-fi surprises turn this madcap mission into a major victory for fun!
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Recess: School's Out returned 4.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $10M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $44M
- Release date
- Feb 16, 2001
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- MPAA rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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