Weekend at Bernie's
6.5
“Bernie may be dead, but he's still the life of the party!”
Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
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2 films
Cast
48 people
Andrew McCarthy
Larry Wilson
Known for
Mannequin
Pretty in Pink
Jonathan Silverman
Richard Parker
Known for
Good Girls
Goosebumps
Catherine Mary Stewart
Gwen Saunders
Known for
Night of the Comet
The Girl Next Door
Terry Kiser
Bernie Lomax
Known for
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
Mannequin Two: On the Move
Don Calfa
Paulie, Vito's Hit Man
Known for
The Return of the Living Dead
The Presidio
Catherine Parks
Tina, Vito's Girl
Known for
Friday the 13th Part III
The Swan Princess Christmas
Eloise DeJoria
Tawny
Known for
Bad Kids Go to Hell
ExTerminators
Gregory Salata
Marty
Also in
The Pink Panther
The Devil's Own
Louis Giambalvo
Vito
Known for
Gia
Real Genius
Ted Kotcheff
Jack Parker
Known for
Shattered Glass
Margaret Hall
Secretary
Known for
Mildred Pierce
Timothy Perez
Mugger
Ted Kotcheff Director · Robert Klane Screenplay Andy Summers Composer
Worldwide gross $30M · Budget $6.5M · United States release July 5, 1989
Box office
Budget
$6,500,000
Worldwide gross
$30,218,387
Gross vs. budget
4.6×
Production
Gladden Entertainment
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 5, 1989
Theatrical
Australia
March 15, 1990 · Theatrical
Czechia
May 1, 1993 · Physical
Denmark
December 26, 1989 · Theatrical
France
July 30, 1991 · Theatrical
Germany
November 23, 1989 · Theatrical
Greece
September 27, 1990 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 15, 1990 · Theatrical
Italy
February 16, 1990 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 30, 1990 · Theatrical
August 10, 2004 · Physical · DVD
October 23, 2005 · TV · Veronica
July 2, 2010 · Physical · Blu ray
Türkiye
January 18, 1991 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 15, 1990 · Theatrical
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