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Released
2010 · FILM

Hot Tub Time Machine

Three estranged middle‑aged friends and a socially awkward nephew head to their nostalgic ski resort hoping to revive a broken bond, only to discover they’ve been thrust back into the town’s forgotten past. Now they must navigate a hostile, frozen era and find a way home before the winter claims them forever.

“Forget the present. Change the future. Kick some past.”

Directed by
Steve Pink, James Bitonti
Written by
Josh Heald, Sean Anders
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
99 min
ComedySci-Fi
Streaming on
  • Paramount+
  • Tubi

Synopsis

Four friends find themselves in a stagnant phase of adulthood: Adam has recently been dumped, Lou is a compulsive partier, Nick is constantly bickering with his wife, and Jacob spends all his time playing video games in his basement. Their lives take an unexpected turn when a night of heavy drinking in a ski resort hot tub leads them to wake up in 1986, giving them the opportunity to alter their past and, in turn, their future.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 695+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by George Folsey JrShot by Jack N GreenScored by Christophe BeckDesigned by Bob ZiembickiSound by Michael HilkeneCostumes by Dayna PinkStunts by Douglas ChapmanVFX by Dennis Berardi

Box Office

2010 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.8× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$64.8M

Budget$36.0M
Worldwide gross$64.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $50.3M — 78% of worldwide · International: $14.5M (22%)

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Versions & cuts

  • Unrated Version· 101 min

Also known as

  • Hot Tub - Der Whirlpool... ist 'ne verdammte Zeitmaschine!de
  • Hot Tub - Zurück in die '80sde
  • Jacuzzi al pasadoes
  • La Machine à démonter le tempsfr
  • Un tuffo nel passatoit
  • (Bulgarian)Джакузи: Машина на времето
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesMar 17, 2010
  • CanadaMar 26, 2010
  • IcelandMar 31, 2010
  • RomaniaApr 1, 2010

Companies

ProductionMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), United Artists, New Crime Productions

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