Superstar
Dare to dream.
Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St.Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully.She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies and her conversations with her only friend focus on achieving super-stardom.
- Director
- Bruce McCulloch
- Signature
- Humour · Craft · Drama
- Worldwide
- $31M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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Movie DNA
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What It's About
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Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies and her conversations with her only friend focus on achieving super-stardom.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Superstar returned 2.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $14M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $31M
- Release date
- Oct 8, 1999
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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