National Lampoon's Vacation
“Every summer Chevy Chase takes his family on a little trip. This year he went too far.”
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Genres
Comedy, Adventure
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How National Lampoon's Vacation performed
Budget
$15.0M
Worldwide Gross
$61.4M
Gross Profit
$46.4M
Return
4.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$9M
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.
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Cast
Clark Griswold
Chevy Chase
Clark Griswold
Ellen Griswold
Beverly D'Angelo
Ellen Griswold
Rusty Griswold
Anthony Michael Hall
Rusty Griswold
Aunt Edna
Imogene Coca
Aunt Edna
Cousin Eddie
Randy Quaid
Cousin Eddie
Audrey Griswold
Dana Barron
Audrey Griswold
Roy Walley
Eddie Bracken
Roy Walley
Kamp Komfort Clerk
Brian Doyle-Murray
Kamp Komfort Clerk
Cousin Catherine
Miriam Flynn
Cousin Catherine
Motorcycle Cop
James Keach
Motorcycle Cop
Car Salesman
Eugene Levy
Car Salesman
Grover
Frank McRae
Grover
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