Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Directed byJohn Hughes
Written byJohn Hughes
Produced byJohn Hughes
Tom Jacobson
StarringMatthew Broderick
Alan Ruck
Mia Sara
Jeffrey Jones
Jennifer Grey
CinematographyTak Fujimoto
Edited byPaul Hirsch
Music byIra Newborn
Arthur Baker
John Robie
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
June 11, 1986
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5.8 million
Box office$70,136,369

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy movie set in Chicago, Illinois. It was produced by John Hughes and Tom Jacobson and was directed by Hughes. It was very successful at the box office and has since become a cult classic.

Release dates[change | change source]

Country Premiere
 United States 11 June 1986
 Norway 14 August 1986
 Australia 21 August 1986
 Argentina 23 October 1986
 Finland 12 December 1986
 France 17 December 1986
 Greece 17 December 1986
 Netherlands 18 December 1986
 West Germany 18 December 1986
 Austria 19 December 1986
 Brazil 19 December 1986
 Sweden 19 December 1986
 Denmark 26 December 1986
 Hong Kong 8 January 1987
 Colombia 29 January 1987
 United Kingdom 13 February 1987
 Portugal 27 February 1987
 Japan 28 February 1987
 Ireland 6 March 1987
 Uruguay 6 March 1987
 Italy 17 April 1987
 Spain 24 April 1987

Cast[change | change source]

TV show[change | change source]

There was a TV show on NBC in 1990 called Ferris Bueller, which was a prequel to the movie. Charlie Schlatter played Ferris Bueller; Jennifer Aniston played his sister and also featuring Samantha Robson in her first starring role. The Bueller family lived in Los Angeles instead of Chicago.

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