Big Top Pee-wee
Hero. Lover. Legend.
1988 1 hour 26 minutes
Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front yard. Pee-wee, along with an outlandish cast of animals and circus performers, puts on the best show ever.
22nd July 1988
38 years ago
1 hour 26 minutes
Finishes at 10:21pm
$20,000,000 ($56,370,000 today)
Revenue $15,122,000
1 nomination
5.2/10
30%
42%
50%
43%
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