Blank Check (film)

Blank Check
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRupert Wainwright
Written byColby Carr
Blake Snyder
Produced byTony Shimkin
Gary Adelson
Craig Baumgarten
Starring
CinematographyBill Pope
Edited byJill Savitt
Hubert de la Bouillerie
Music byNicholas Pike
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date
  • February 11, 1994 (1994-02-11)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million
Box office$39 million[2]

Blank Check (in the United Kingdom originally released as Blank Cheque)[3][4] is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Rupert Wainwright and starring Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, Miguel Ferrer, James Rebhorn, Tone Lōc, Jayne Atkinson and Michael Lerner. It was released on February 11, 1994, by Walt Disney Pictures. The film follows a boy who inherits a blank check and uses it to buy a house under an alter ego but is soon being searched for by several members of the bank he cashed it under. Upon release, the film received negative reviews, but was a box office success grossing $39 million on a $13 million budget.

  1. ^ "Blank Check (1994)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 16, 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Worldwide rentals beat domestic take". Variety. February 13, 1995. p. 28.
  3. ^ "Weekend box office 5th August 1994 - 7th August 1994". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  4. ^ "UK VHS trailer (starts at 2:40)". YouTube. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 12 March 2015.