Summer Rental
“Life is a beach.”
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
Genres
Comedy
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Summer Rental performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$24.7M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
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
Jack Chester
John Candy
Jack Chester
Al Pellet
Richard Crenna
Al Pellet
Scully
Rip Torn
Scully
Sandy Chester
Karen Austin
Sandy Chester
Jennifer Chester
Kerri Green
Jennifer Chester
Don Moore
John Larroquette
Don Moore
Bobby Chester
Joey Lawrence
Bobby Chester
Laurie Chester
Aubrey Jene
Laurie Chester
Dan Gardner
Dick Anthony Williams
Dan Gardner
Angus MacLachlan
Richard Herd
Angus MacLachlan
Ed
Carmine Caridi
Ed
Vicki
Lois Hamilton
Vicki
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