That Thing You Do!
The Fab Four without the Mop Tops
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.
- Director
- Tom Hanks
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $35M
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A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.
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Box Office & Release
That Thing You Do! returned 1.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $26M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $35M
- Release date
- Oct 4, 1996
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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