The Waterboy
6.2
“You can mess with him. But don't mess with his water.”
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
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Cast
53 people
Adam Sandler
Bobby Boucher
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Mama Boucher
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Coach Klein
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Derek Wallace
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Blake Clark
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Peter Dante
Gee Grenouille
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Jonathan Loughran
Lyle Robideaux
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Al Whiting
Casey Bugge
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Frank Coraci Director · Adam Sandler Screenplay Tim Herlihy Screenplay
Worldwide gross $186M · Budget $23M · United States release November 6, 1998
Box office
Budget
$23,000,000
Worldwide gross
$185,991,646
Gross vs. budget
8.1×
Production
Touchstone Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 6, 1998
Theatrical
Australia
January 21, 1999 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 14, 1999 · Theatrical
Czechia
May 20, 1999 · Theatrical
France
June 9, 1999 · Theatrical
February 23, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
Germany
April 15, 1999 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 15, 1999 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 5, 2001 · Physical · DVD
September 20, 2003 · TV · Yorin
Philippines
February 10, 1999 · Theatrical
Portugal
July 2, 1999 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 30, 1999 · Theatrical
Spain
July 9, 1999 · Theatrical
Sweden
June 30, 1999 · Theatrical
November 17, 1999 · Physical · VHS / DVD
October 28, 2009 · Physical · Blu-ray
United Kingdom
April 30, 1999 · Theatrical
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