The Money Pit
For everyone who's ever been deeply in love or deeply in debt.
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare.Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.
- Director
- Richard Benjamin
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $55M
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Cast
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After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Money Pit returned 5.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $10M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $55M
- Release date
- Mar 26, 1986
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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