A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches.A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches.A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches.
Daniel Greene
- Calvert Munson
- (as Danny Green)
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- TriviaPeter Farrelly called the film's box-office failure the biggest disappointment of the Farrelly brothers' career, attributing the failure to its release during the 1996 Olympics. Farrelly said it was a crushing blow to their ego. However, he said that six to eight months later, when the film was released on home video, it became a big hit.
- GoofsIn the Reno tournament, Big Ern's foot crosses the foul line as he throws a strike. In tournament play, that would count as a zero and the pins would be reset.
- Quotes
Roy: Morning! I hope you don't mind, I got up a little early, so I took the liberty of milking your cow for you. Yeah, it took a little while to get her warmed up, she sure is a stubborn one. Then, POW, all at once.
[Takes a drink from the bucket]
Mr. Boorg: We don't have a cow. We have a bull.
Roy: I'll brush my teeth.
- Crazy creditsThe Blues Traveler dressed as Amish performing in the final credits.
- Alternate versionsDVD version is rated R and includes some raunchier footage not included in the original PG-13 theatrical version.
Featured review
I went to see There's Something About Mary and liked it so much that I decided to rent Kingpin for the hell of it. I'll probably get into some heat for saying this, but, I actually liked this one more than Mary. Harrelson, Quaid, Murray, etc. are all funnier than Dillon or Diaz or even Stiller, I think they have a lot more comedic talent than any of Mary's various players. Don't get me wrong though, I liked Mary, I just loved Kingpin. It's a shame that Mary turned out to be the money maker and almost no one's ever heard of this one. I hope that when people go see Mary, they'll do their research on the Farrelly brothers and check this one out. I just have one request to the brothers for their next film, don't hire that Chris Elliot guy, he just really sucks.
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Box office
- Budget
- $27,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $25,023,434
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,582,079
- Jul 28, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $25,023,434
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