The Great Outdoors
“This is no holiday… this is war!”
It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, and the couple's two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.
Genres
Comedy
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Great Outdoors performed
Budget
$24.0M
Worldwide Gross
$43.5M
Gross Profit
$19.5M
Return
1.8× 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
Roman Craig
Dan Aykroyd
Roman Craig
Chet Ripley
John Candy
Chet Ripley
Connie Ripley
Stephanie Faracy
Connie Ripley
Kate Craig
Annette Bening
Kate Craig
Buck Ripley
Chris Young
Buck Ripley
Cammie
Lucy Deakins
Cammie
Wally
Robert Prosky
Wally
Ben Ripley
Ian Giatti
Ben Ripley
Cara Craig
Hilary Gordon
Cara Craig
Mara Craig
Rebecca Gordon
Mara Craig
Juanita
Zoaunne LeRoy
Juanita
Waitress
Nancy Lenehan
Waitress
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