Uncle Buck

John Hughes's 1989 comedy grossed $66.8 million in the United States and Canada and opened at number one. Candy stars as Buck Russell. Uncle Buck was released in the United States and Canada on 16 August 1989 by Universal Pictures. Hughes wrote and directed it, and Candy stars as Buck Russell, a bachelor asked to watch his brother's three children. Amy Madigan plays Chanice. The film runs 100 minutes. It opened with $8.8 million from 1,804 theaters and stayed number one for four consecutive weeks. Wikipedia says it was the 13th-highest-grossing film of 1989 in the United States and Canada, with $66.8 million, and estimates $12.5 million outside that market, for a worldwide total of $79.3 million. Filming began on 4 January 1989 in Chicago, with interiors at the vacant New Trier High School West campus in Northfield, Illinois. On Rotten Tomatoes, as cited on the page, 61 percent of 28 reviews are positive.