Riding in Cars with Boys
She did everything wrong, but got everything right.
In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.
- Director
- Penny Marshall
- Worldwide
- $36M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Riding in Cars with Boys returned 0.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $48M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $36M
- Release date
- Oct 19, 2001
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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