Flipper
“This summer it's finally safe to go back in the water.”
Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks. Sandy dislikes everything about his new environment until a new friend comes into his life, a dolphin named Flipper, that brings uncle and nephew together and leads Sandy on the summer adventure of a lifetime.
Genres
Adventure, Family
Studio
The Bubble Factory
Language
en
Status
Released
How Flipper performed
Budget
$25.5M
Worldwide Gross
$20.1M
Gross Profit
−$5.4M
Return
0.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) 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
Sandy Ricks
Elijah Wood
Sandy Ricks
Porter Ricks
Paul Hogan
Porter Ricks
Dirk Moran
Jonathan Banks
Dirk Moran
Bounty Fisherman #1
Robert Deacon
Bounty Fisherman #1
Cathy
Chelsea Field
Cathy
Sandy's Mom
Mary Jo Faraci
Sandy's Mom
Sandy's Sister
Allison Bertolino
Sandy's Sister
Kim
Jessica Wesson
Kim
Marvin
Jason Fuchs
Marvin
Bounty Fisherman #2
Mark Casella
Bounty Fisherman #2
Bounty Fisherman #3
Luke Halpin
Bounty Fisherman #3
Sheriff Buck Cowan
Isaac Hayes
Sheriff Buck Cowan
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