Holes
“Some secrets are too big to keep hidden.”
After being wrongfully convicted for stealing a pair of shoes, Stanley Yelnats is sent away to Camp Green Lake, a boys detention facility where inmates are forced to dig holes all day in the hot desert sun as a form of character building. As he endures the brutal routine, Stanley begins to uncover a hidden truth behind the camp—one that connects to a dangerous secret and his family’s history.
Genres
Adventure, Family, Drama, Comedy
Studio
Phoenix Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Holes performed
Budget
$20.0M
Worldwide Gross
$71.4M
Gross Profit
$51.4M
Return
3.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$8M
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.
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Cast
Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats IV
Shia LaBeouf
Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats IV
Hector "Zero" Zeroni
Khleo Thomas
Hector "Zero" Zeroni
Louise Walker the Warden
Sigourney Weaver
Louise Walker the Warden
Marion Sevillo "Mr. Sir"
Jon Voight
Marion Sevillo "Mr. Sir"
Dr. Pendanski
Tim Blake Nelson
Dr. Pendanski
Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow
Patricia Arquette
Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow
Sam the Onion Man
Dulé Hill
Sam the Onion Man
Stanley Yelnats III
Henry Winkler
Stanley Yelnats III
Tiffany Yelnats
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Tiffany Yelnats
Madame Zeroni
Eartha Kitt
Madame Zeroni
Rex "X-Ray"
Brenden Jefferson
Rex "X-Ray"
Alan "Squid"
Jake M. Smith
Alan "Squid"
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