You Can't Take It with You
You'll love them all for giving you the swellest time you've ever had!
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match.When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
- Director
- Frank Capra
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $7M
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Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
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Box Office & Release
You Can't Take It with You returned 4.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $7M
- Release date
- Sep 1, 1938
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Russian
- Country
- United States of America
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