Sixteen Candles
“Turning sixteen isn't easy, when you've fallen in love... for the first time.”
With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Sixteen Candles performed
Budget
$6.5M
Worldwide Gross
$23.7M
Gross Profit
$17.2M
Return
3.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$3M
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
Samantha Baker
Molly Ringwald
Samantha Baker
Jake Ryan
Michael Schoeffling
Jake Ryan
Caroline Mulford
Haviland Morris
Caroline Mulford
Long Duk Dong
Gedde Watanabe
Long Duk Dong
Geek (Ted)
Anthony Michael Hall
Geek (Ted)
Mike Baker
Justin Henry
Mike Baker
Jim Baker
Paul Dooley
Jim Baker
Brenda Baker
Carlin Glynn
Brenda Baker
Ginny Baker
Blanche Baker
Ginny Baker
Howard Baker
Edward Andrews
Howard Baker
Dorothy Baker
Billie Bird
Dorothy Baker
Grandma Helen
Carole Cook
Grandma Helen
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