Some Kind of Wonderful
“Before they could stand together, they had to stand alone.”
Keith Nelson, an artsy high school outcast, tries to land a date with popular girl Amanda Jones with some help from his tomboy best friend, Watts. However, Watts realizes she likes Keith as more than just a friend and tries to convince him to stop pursuing Amanda. Matters are further complicated when Keith's invitation draws the ire of Amanda's rich yet snobby ex-boyfriend, Hardy Jenns, who makes plans to get even.
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Studio
Hughes Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How Some Kind of Wonderful performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$18.6M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$3M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Romance) 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
Keith Nelson
Eric Stoltz
Keith Nelson
Watts
Mary Stuart Masterson
Watts
Amanda Jones
Lea Thompson
Amanda Jones
Mia
Chynna Phillips
Mia
Hardy Jenns
Craig Sheffer
Hardy Jenns
Cliff Nelson
John Ashton
Cliff Nelson
Skinhead
Elias Koteas
Skinhead
Laura Nelson
Maddie Corman
Laura Nelson
Shayne
Molly Hagan
Shayne
Party Guest
Bryan Scott
Party Guest
Party Guest
Ike Eisenmann
Party Guest
Cindy Nelson
Candace Cameron Bure
Cindy Nelson
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