The Wedding Singer (1998) The Wedding Singer (1998)
A 1998 romantic comedy directed by Frank Coraci, written by Tim Herlihy, and starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Set in 1985, the film follows Robbie Hart, a wedding singer in Ridgefield, New Jersey, who is left at the altar and falls for Julia Sullivan, a waitress engaged to the wrong man. Released on February 13, 1998 by New Line Cinema, it grossed $123.3 million worldwide on an $18 million budget and launched the Sandler-Barrymore partnership that would produce two more films across two decades.
Quick Facts
| Director | Frank Coraci |
| Writer | Tim Herlihy |
| Producers | Robert Simonds, Jack Giarraputo |
| Stars | Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor |
| Composer | Teddy Castellucci |
| Cinematographer | Tim Suhrstedt |
| Editor | Tom Lewis |
| Production Companies | Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, Robert Simonds Productions |
| Distributor | New Line Cinema |
| Budget | $18 million |
| Box Office | $123.3 million worldwide |
| Release Date | February 13, 1998 |
| Running Time | 96 minutes |
Key Pages
- _Index — Full page index with editorial introduction
- Plot Summary (The Wedding Singer) — Detailed plot summary
- Cast and Characters (The Wedding Singer) — Cast table and character descriptions
- Production History (The Wedding Singer) — Script development, Carrie Fisher's structural rewrites, filming
- Themes and Analysis (The Wedding Singer) — 1980s nostalgia, class dynamics, Sandler's shift to romantic lead
- Critical Reception and Legacy (The Wedding Singer) — Reviews, box office, Broadway adaptation, cultural impact
- Backbeats (The Wedding Singer) — Scene-by-scene structural breakdown
- Physical Media Releases (The Wedding Singer) — Home video releases