Director
John Hughes
Starring
John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann
Full Cast & Crew Details ↓
Uncle Buck
📊 Performance IndexMilestones
🌎 Global Tracker
(Target:
$500M)
13%
🇺🇸 Domestic (US)
(Target:
$500M)
13%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(Target:
$25M)
14%
⚡ Volatility
🎬 In the Vault
🕒 Normal tracking metrics
Site Popularity Rank:
👑 Unranked
🕒 Screening PaceLength
Standard Feature
Currently tracking active feature block runtime sequence profile parameters.
🎯
Box Office Verdict
🚀 Runaway Hit
Flop
Steady (Target: $27.7M)
Blockbuster
* Editorial Note: Performance targets, verdicts, and volatility metrics reflect automated site projections and community opinion, and do not represent official studio accounting or real-world financial guarantees.
💰 Box Office
HUD
Live
Data
Opening Weekends
🇺🇸
US Weekend
$8,794,501
🇬🇧
UK Weekend
£1,735,220
Lifetime Grosses
🇺🇸
Total North American
$66,758,538
🇬🇧
Total United Kingdom
£3,397,407
🌐
Worldwide Total
$66,758,538
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Cast & Crew
Directors
John Hughes
Director
Written
Not
Listed
Producers
Cast
Not
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Buck Russell
Tia Russell
Maizy Russell
Miles Russell
Chanice Kobolowski
Cindy Russell
Bob Russell
Marcie Dahlgren-Frost
Bug
E. Roger Coswell
Pooter-the-Clown
Mrs. Hogarth
Mr. Hatfield
Pal
Miles' Friend #1
Miles' Friend #2
Miles' Friend #3
Party Boy #1
Party Boy #2
Party Boy #3
Party Girl in Bedroom
Party Girl #1
Party Girl #2
Party Girl #3
Maizy's Teacher
Teacher #1
School Child
School Child
School Child
School Child
School Child
School Child
Woman in Car
Additional Voices
Additional Voices
Additional Voices
Additional Voices
Additional Voices
Additional Voices
Additional Voices
Additional Voices
Additional Voices
Additional Voices
Additional Voices
Additional Voices
Additional Voices
Extra
Student
Party Guest
Party Boy #4
Scary man in mailbox slot
Party Guest
Bit
School Child
International Release Schedule
| Territory / Region | Release Date | Platform / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 🌍 Canada | 16 Aug 1989 | Theatre |
| 🌍 USA | 16 Aug 1989 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Argentina | 21 Dec 1989 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Australia | 21 Dec 1989 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Brazil | 29 Dec 1989 | Theatre |
| 🌍 UK | 13 Apr 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Ireland | 13 Apr 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Denmark | 4 May 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Netherlands | 23 May 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Portugal | 25 May 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Philippines | 26 Jun 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Japan | 23 Nov 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Germany | 18 Apr 1991 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Spain | 14 Jun 1991 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Hungary | 2 Aug 1991 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Greece | 15 Jan 2001 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Sweden | 13 Jul 2001 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Czech Republic | 3 Nov 2008 | Theatre |