The Waterboy
You can mess with him. But don't mess with his water.
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team.The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
- Director
- Frank Coraci
- Worldwide
- $186M
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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Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Waterboy returned 8.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $23M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $186M
- Release date
- Nov 6, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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