The Waterboy

Released Date
November 6, 1998
Distributor
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Genre
Comedy
Rating
PG-13
Budget
$23,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$161,491,646 + $24,500,000 = $185,991,646
57
Adam Sandler

as Bobby Boucher

75
Kathy Bates

as Mama Boucher

60
Rob Schneider

as Townie

78
Henry Winkler

as Coach Klein

65
Lawrence Taylor

as himself

80
Jimmy Johnson

as himself

49
Fairuza Balk

as Vicki Vallencourt

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Jerry Reed

as Red Beaulieu

78
Blake Clark

as Farmer Fran

52
Jennifer Bini Taylor

as Rita

72
Lynn Swann

as Lynn Swan

88
Lee Corso

as Lee Corso

52
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

as Derek Wallace

66
Bill Cowher

as himself

55
Peter Dante

as Gee Grenouille

58
Kevin Farley

as Jim Simonds

84
Brent Musburger

as himself

About The Waterboy

A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.

About

Bobby Boucher, played by Adam Sandler has always been a waterboy until a despairing coach sees Boucher tackle a bully and immediately adds him to the roster as a linebacker. The film grossed over $185 million worldwide.

Trivia

The film became the highest-grossing sports film of all time, later being beaten by The Blind Side in 2009. The movie marks Jerry Reed's final acting role.