Super Size Me
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Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days without exercising to try to prove why so many Americans are fat or obese.He submits himself to a complete check-up by three doctors, comparing his weight along the way, resulting in a scary conclusion.
- Director
- Morgan Spurlock
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Drama
- Worldwide
- $29M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
14 billed performers
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Movie DNA
How Super Size Me actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days without exercising to try to prove why so many Americans are fat or obese. He submits himself to a complete check-up by three doctors, comparing his weight along the way, resulting in a scary conclusion.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Super Size Me returned 439.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $65,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $29M
- Release date
- Jan 17, 2004
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- Netherlands, United States of America
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