The Kid
Nobody ever grows up quite like they imagined.
Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work.But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly – with no life and no dog.With Rusty's help, Russ is able to reconcile the person he used to dream of being with the man he's actually become.
- Director
- Jon Turteltaub
- Worldwide
- $110M
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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Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly – with no life and no dog. With Rusty's help, Russ is able to reconcile the person he used to dream of being with the man he's actually become.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Kid returned 1.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $65M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $110M
- Release date
- Jul 7, 2000
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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