Pee-wee's Big Adventure
“The story of a rebel and his bike.”
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.
Genres
Comedy, Adventure, Family
Studio
Aspen Film Society
Language
en
Status
Released
How Pee-wee's Big Adventure performed
Budget
$6.0M
Worldwide Gross
$40.9M
Gross Profit
$34.9M
Return
6.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$6M
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
Pee-wee Herman
Paul Reubens
Pee-wee Herman
Dottie
E. G. Daily
Dottie
Francis
Mark Holton
Francis
Simone
Diane Salinger
Simone
Mickey
Judd Omen
Mickey
Mr. Crowtrey
Irving Hellman
Mr. Crowtrey
Mario
Monte Landis
Mario
Chip
Damon Martin
Chip
Large Marge
Alice Nunn
Large Marge
BMX Kid
David C. Glasser
BMX Kid
BMX Kid
Gregory Brown
BMX Kid
Chuck
Daryl Keith Roach
Chuck
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