A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
Kevin Anderson
- Chuck
- (as Kevin C. Anderson)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaIn an effort for Tom Cruise (who was 20 during filming) to look more "teenage" in appearance, the producers put him though an unusual bit of physical training. Cruise worked out seven days a week, in order to lose ten pounds. Once that had been accomplished, he immediately ceased working out and ate extremely fatty foods in order to add a layer of baby fat. This is how he achieved that "fresh-faced" teenage look.
- GoofsWhen Joel is the den talking to the college admissions guy Lana walks into the room and closes the door behind her. Her long, blond hair is swinging around in the upper right of the screen. But an instant later all her hair is tucked up into a black hat.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Joel Goodson: My name is Joel Goodson. I deal in human fulfillment. I grossed over eight thousand dollars in one night. Time of your life, huh kid?
- Alternate versionsCBS edited 2 minutes from this film for its 1985 network television premiere.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Movies That Changed the Movies (1984)
Featured review
Risky Business is the Quintessential Coming of Age Movies of the 1980's. Tom Cruise in his first memorable leading role, as an upper middle class high school student whose parents leave him "Home Alone" while away. No one has listened to Bob Seger the same since this one. Cruise is truly good in this one. He manages to walk the line between a naive kid, with a lot to learn and the heart throb he evolved into in years to come. Rebecca DeMornay is sexy and captivating in the most memorable role of her life. The supporting cast is very good in this and it is well Directed for sure. This movie is one part Ferris Bueller, one part Home Alone, and 100% Tom Cruise. This one holds up.
- tkdlifemagazine
- Oct 3, 2022
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $63,541,777
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,275,327
- Aug 7, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $63,542,350
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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