Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
At the forefront of the poster are the two title characters – Beavis on the left, Butt-Head on the right – who are also shown riding motorcycles at the lower area.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMike Judge
Written by
Based onBeavis and Butt-Head
by Mike Judge
Produced byAbby Terkuhle
Starring
Edited by
  • Gunter Glinka
  • Terry Kelley
  • Neil Lawrence
Music byJohn Frizzell
Color processDeluxe Entertainment Services
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
Running time
81 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12 million[3]
Box office$63.1 million[4]

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America is a 1996 American adult animated comedy road film based on the MTV animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head.[5] The film was co-written and directed by series creator Mike Judge, who also reprises his roles from the series; Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Robert Stack and Cloris Leachman star in supporting roles. The film follows Beavis and Butt-Head, two teen slackers who travel the US and unknowingly become fugitives.

Previous offers by MTV to adapt Beavis and Butt-Head to film were rejected by Judge, before he eventually agreed to the film in 1994. As production began, the series' staff halted production while Judge wrote the screenplay with Joe Stillman. John Frizzell composed the film's score.

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America premiered at Mann's Chinese Theater on December 15, 1996, and was released in the United States on December 20, 1996, by Paramount Pictures. The film later aired on MTV in 1999. It also aired on VH1 in 2003. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $63.1 million in the United States and becoming the largest December box office opening of all time until it was surpassed the following year by Scream 2, and was the second highest-grossing animated film of 1996, behind Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. A sequel, Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe, was released in 2022.

  1. ^ a b "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America". American Film Institute. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America". British Board of Film Classification. January 13, 1997. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Budget was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996 film)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  5. ^ Thomas, Kevin (December 20, 1996). "Road Trip the Right Vehicle for Beavis and Butt-head". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 8, 2010.