Napoleon Dynamite

"He's out to prove he's got nothing to prove."

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Ratings & Reviews

7.0/10

252,681 votes

72/100

Fresh

64/100

Metascore

6.8/10

2,113 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Wins

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Nominations

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Other Awards

🏆 1 win

Won

MTV Movie for Best Movie

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Other Awards

🏆 2 wins•📋 2 nominations

Won

Satellite for Best Original Score

Teen Choice for Choice Hissy Fit

Nominated

Independent Spirit for Best First Feature

Independent Spirit for Best Supporting Male

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$400,000

Production Cost

Worldwide

$46.1M

Global Box Office

Domestic

$44,540,956

United States

Profit

+$45.7M

ROI: +11430%

Budget Recovery11530% of budget

$0|Budget: $400,000|Revenue: $46.1M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

141.7K

Daily Avg

2.4K

7-Day Trend

-9%

30 days agoToday

Wikipedia

Based On

Peluca

Film

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Idaho

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1 Location Found

Story Setting

Set In

Idaho

Extended Crew & Production

Film Editing

Jeremy Coon

Music / Score

John Swihart

Production Companies

MTV FilmsParamount PicturesSearchlight Pictures

Distributors

20th Century StudiosNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch Napoleon Dynamite

Available in 58 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaPG	Hulu	—	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
United KingdomPG	Now TV Cinema	—	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
CanadaPG	—	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaPG	Stan	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV
India	—	—	Amazon Video	—

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesPG

United KingdomPG

CanadaPG

AustraliaPG

Germany0

JapanG

Denmark11

FinlandK-12

+7 more countries

Production

Director

Jared Hess

Writers

Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess

Production Companies

Napoleon Pictures

Cast

Jon Heder

Napoleon Dynamite

Efren Ramirez

Pedro Sanchez

Tina Majorino

Deb

Aaron Ruell

Kip Dynamite

Jon Gries

Uncle Rico

Haylie Duff

Summer

Emily Kennard Dunn

Trisha

Shondrella Avery

LaFawnduh

Sandy Martin

Grandma

Diedrich Bader

Rex

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Carmen Brady

Starla

No Image

Trevor Snarr

Don

Tags & Keywords

underdoghigh schoolsibling relationshipidahochatfriendsschool dancesocial outcastaftercreditsstingersocially awkwardbased on short filmindifferentquirky characters

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