Wayne's World
You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll hurl.
The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth.From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access television.The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive who wants to produce a big-budget version of "Wayne's World"—and he also wants Wayne's girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra.
- Director
- Penelope Spheeris
- Signature
- Craft · Humour · Tension
- Worldwide
- $183M
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The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access television. The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive who wants to produce a big-budget version of "Wayne's World"—and he also wants Wayne's girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra. Wayne and Garth have to battle the executive not only to save their show, but also Cassandra.
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Box Office & Release
Wayne's World returned 9.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $20M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $183M
- Release date
- Feb 14, 1992
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Cantonese, English
- Country
- United States of America
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