Animal House
“It was the Deltas against the rules... the rules lost!”
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Genres
Comedy
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Animal House performed
Budget
$2.7M
Worldwide Gross
$141.0M
Gross Profit
$138.3M
Return
52.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$20M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
John 'Bluto' Blutarski
John Belushi
John 'Bluto' Blutarski
Katy
Karen Allen
Katy
Larry 'Pinto' Kroger
Tom Hulce
Larry 'Pinto' Kroger
Kent 'Flounder' Dorfman
Stephen Furst
Kent 'Flounder' Dorfman
Doug Neidermeyer
Mark Metcalf
Doug Neidermeyer
Mandy Pepperidge
Mary Louise Weller
Mandy Pepperidge
Barbara Sue 'Babs' Jansen
Martha Smith
Barbara Sue 'Babs' Jansen
Dean Vernon Wormer
John Vernon
Dean Vernon Wormer
Greg Marmalard
James Daughton
Greg Marmalard
Chip Diller
Kevin Bacon
Chip Diller
Eric 'Otter' Stratton
Tim Matheson
Eric 'Otter' Stratton
Marion Wormer
Verna Bloom
Marion Wormer
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