Meatballs (film)

Meatballs
Theatrical release poster by Morgan Kane
Directed by	Ivan Reitman
Written by	Len Blum Dan Goldberg Janis Allen Harold Ramis
Produced by	Daniel Goldberg John Dunning (exec.) André Link (exec.)
Starring	Bill Murray Harvey Atkin Kate Lynch Russ Banham Kristine DeBell Sarah Torgov Chris Makepeace
Cinematography	Donald Wilder
Edited by	Debra Karen
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Production companies	Famous Players CFDC Haliburton Films
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 29, 1979 (1979-06-29)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	$1.6 million or $1.2 million[1]
Box office	$70 million[2]

Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman. It is noted for Bill Murray's first film appearance in a starring role and for launching the directing career of Reitman, whose later comedies include Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (1984), both starring Murray.

The film was the highest-grossing Canadian film of all time in the United States and Canada, winning the Golden Reel Award. It is the first of six film collaborations between Murray and Harold Ramis and few sequels, of which only Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986) had any connection to the original.