Big Trouble
A mysterious suitcase sets off a chaotic chain reaction in Miami, entangling a divorced dad, hitmen, teens, and more in a wild, hilarious race to uncover its secrets.
“They have forty-five minutes to save the world. They need forty-six.”
Synopsis
The story follows how a mysterious suitcase brings together and changes the lives of a divorced father, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love-struck teenagers, two FBI agents, and a psychedelic toad. The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry.
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Principal cast & crew: 22
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Steven WeisbergShot by Greg GardinerScored by James Newton HowardDesigned by Garreth Stover
Box Office
2002 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.2× its budget
Why 2.5×?
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Worldwide gross
$8.5M
Opening week (7-day): $4.3M
Peak 1,961 theaters
Also known as
- Jede Menge Ärgerde
- El gran líoes
- Big Trouble - Una valigia piena di guaiit
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Cast & Crew
22 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Tim Allen
as Eliot Arnold
Rene Russo
as Anna Herk
Stanley Tucci
as Arthur Herk
Tom Sizemore
as Snake Dupree
Johnny Knoxville
as Eddie Leadbetter
Dennis Farina
as Henry Desalvo
Jack Kehler
as Leonard Ferroni
Janeane Garofalo
as Police Officer Monica Romero
Patrick Warburton
as Police Officer Walter Kramitz
Ben Foster
as Matt Arnold
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