The Sure Thing
A sure thing comes once in a lifetime... but the real thing lasts forever.
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break.At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other.Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
- Director
- Rob Reiner
- Worldwide
- $18M
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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Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Sure Thing returned 4.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $5M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $18M
- Release date
- Mar 1, 1985
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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