The Toxic Avenger
He was 98 lbs. of solid nerd until he became...the Toxic Avenger!
A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club, is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste.
- Director
- Lloyd Kaufman
- Signature
- Action · Craft · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $800,000
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A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club, is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste.
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Box Office & Release
The Toxic Avenger returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $500,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $800,000
- Release date
- May 15, 1984
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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