The Cable Guy
There's no such thing as free cable.
When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up—and doesn't let go.Initially, Chip is just overzealous in his desire to be Steven's pal, but when Steven tries to end the 'friendship', Chip shows his dark side.He begins stalking Steven, who's left to fend for himself because no one else can believe Chip's capable of such behaviour.
- Director
- Ben Stiller
- Worldwide
- $103M
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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When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up—and doesn't let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous in his desire to be Steven's pal, but when Steven tries to end the 'friendship', Chip shows his dark side. He begins stalking Steven, who's left to fend for himself because no one else can believe Chip's capable of such behaviour.
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The record
Awards
2 wins · 1 nomination
MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
1 win
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
1 win
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Villain
MTV Movie Award for Best Fight
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Fight
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Cable Guy returned 2.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $47M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $103M
- Release date
- Jun 10, 1996
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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