Snow Day
“Roads closed. Schools shut. Rules were made to be frozen!”
When an entire town in upstate New York is closed down by an unexpected snowfall, a "snow day" begins when a group of elementary school kids, led by Natalie Brandston, try to ensure that the schools stay closed by stopping a mechanical snowplow driver by trying to hijack his plow truck. Meanwhile, Natalie's big brother Hal is using this day to try to win the affections of Claire Bonner, the most popular girl in his high school, while Hal and Natalie's father Tom, a TV meteorologist, faces off against a rival meteorologist for weather coverage of the day's events.
Genres
Comedy, Family, Adventure
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Snow Day performed
Budget
$13.0M
Worldwide Gross
$62.5M
Gross Profit
$49.5M
Return
4.8× 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
Hal Brandston
Mark Webber
Hal Brandston
Lane Leonard
Schuyler Fisk
Lane Leonard
Natalie Brandston
Zena Grey
Natalie Brandston
Roger the Snowplowman
Chris Elliott
Roger the Snowplowman
Tom Brandston
Chevy Chase
Tom Brandston
Laura Brandston
Jean Smart
Laura Brandston
Claire Bonner
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Claire Bonner
Mr. Zellweger
Iggy Pop
Mr. Zellweger
Tina
Pam Grier
Tina
Chad Symmonz
John Schneider
Chad Symmonz
Wayne Alworth
Josh Peck
Wayne Alworth
Chet Felker
Jade Yorker
Chet Felker
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