The Kings of Summer
Why live when you can rule.
Three restless teenagers run away to the woods for the summer, determined to escape their parents and live by their own rules.In a hidden clearing, they build a makeshift house and attempt to create an independent life, testing their friendship, freedom, and the challenges of living off the land.
- Director
- Jordan Vogt-Roberts
- Worldwide
- $1M
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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Three restless teenagers run away to the woods for the summer, determined to escape their parents and live by their own rules. In a hidden clearing, they build a makeshift house and attempt to create an independent life, testing their friendship, freedom, and the challenges of living off the land.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Kings of Summer returned 0.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $1M
- Release date
- Jan 19, 2013
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
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