Screenplay by
Douglas
Carter Beane
Music Composed by
Rachel
Portman
Theatrical Release Date
September 8, 1995
DVD Release Date
January
7, 2003
Production Companies
Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Distribution Company
Universal Pictures
After Miss Vida Boheme and Miss Noxeema Jackson win a major New York drag contest and a trip to Hollywood, they are persuaded to take the inexperienced 'drag princess' Chi Chi Rodriguez with them. They hire a beat-up old Cadillac and set off for L.A., but their car breaks down in a small town in the middle of nowhere. With just their wits and an endless supply of garish costumes, they transform the town and everyone who lives there--at least until homophobic cop Sheriff Dollard catches up with them...
Vida Boheme
Noxie, you remember John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt?
Noxeema Jackson
Of course, his name is my name too.
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Do people always shout? Oh, I hate that.
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Oh, my God, I'm like a compass near north.
Robin Williams
John
Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Patrick Swayze
Miss Vida
Boheme
Wesley Snipes
Miss Noxeema
Jackson
John Leguizamo
Chi Chi
Rodriguez
Alice Drummond
Clara
Chris Penn
Sheriff Dollard
Attitude is everything.
Dates
July 11, 1994 -
October 28, 1994
Locations
Jersey City,
NJ
Montclair, NJ
Lincoln, NE
Loma, NE
Omaha, NE
New York City, NY
UK
November 10, 1995
Argentina
December 21,
1995
Germany
January 11, 1996
Spain
January 31, 1996
Australia
February 8, 1996
South Korea
June 8, 1996
Denmark
June 14, 1996
Netherlands
June 18, 1996
(video premiere)
France
December 4, 1996
Portugal
January 1997
(video premiere)
Finland
May 9, 1997
Argentina
¿Reinas o reyes?
Canada
À Wong Foo, merci
pour tout Julie Newmar (French title)
Spain
A Wong Foo, gracias
por todo, Julie Newmar
Italy
A Wong Foo, grazie
di tutto! Julie Newmar
France
Extravagances
Sweden
High Heels
Slovenia
Hvala za vse
Portugal
Os três
Mosqueteiros do Amor
Brazil
Para Wong Foo,
Obrigada Por Tudo! Julie Newmar
Mexico
Reinas o reyes
Germany
To Wong Foo
Hungary
Wong Foo, kösz
mindent! Julie Newmar
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Gross
$36,474,193 (USA)
$11,300,000 (international)
$47,774,193 (total)
Opening Weekend
$9,019,180
(1,294 theaters)
Widest Release
1,489
theaters
