Weird Science
It's all in the name of science... Weird Science.
Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers.Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer.Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.
- Director
- John Hughes
- Signature
- Drama · Wonder · Craft
- Worldwide
- $39M
Who's in it
Cast
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Movie DNA
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Story overview
What It's About
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Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Weird Science returned 5.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $39M
- Release date
- Aug 1, 1985
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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