National Lampoon's Vacation backdrop

National Lampoon's Vacation poster

Quick Info

Rating

7.1/10

Release1983

Runtime1h 39m

StatusReleased

Budget$15,000,000

Revenue$61,418,063

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Movie

National Lampoon's Vacation

1983

1h 39m

7.1

Comedy

Adventure

Synopsis

Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

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