National Lampoon's Vacation

The 1983 Warner Bros. road comedy grossed $61,399,552. National Lampoon's Vacation was released by Warner Bros. on 29 July 1983. Harold Ramis directed from a John Hughes screenplay based on Hughes's short story "Vacation '58". Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo play Clark and Ellen Griswold. Candy plays Russ Lasky, a Walley World security guard. The film opened in 1,175 venues and earned $8,333,358 in its opening weekend, ranking number one. The page states that it grossed $61,399,552 and, separately, that it earned more than $60 million in the United States alone. The running time is 98 minutes.