Twins (1988 film)

Twins
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ivan Reitman
Written by	William Davies Timothy Harris William Osborne Herschel Weingrod
Produced by	Ivan Reitman
Starring	Arnold Schwarzenegger Danny DeVito Kelly Preston Chloe Webb Bonnie Bartlett
Cinematography	Andrzej Bartkowiak
Edited by	Donn Cambern Sheldon Kahn
Music by	Georges Delerue Randy Edelman
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	December 9, 1988 (1988-12-09)
Running time	107 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$18 million[2]
Box office	$216.6 million[3]

Twins (rendered in its title sequence logo as TWiiNS) is a 1988 American buddy comedy film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman. The film is about unlikely fraternal twin brothers (Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito) who were separated at birth. The core of the film is the contrast between the streetwise Vincent (DeVito) and the intelligent but naive Julius (Schwarzenegger).

The film was a commercial success, grossing $216 million worldwide.^[3] Instead of taking their usual salaries for the film, Schwarzenegger, DeVito and Reitman agreed with the studio to take collectively 40% of the film's box office and rental returns; this resulted in them receiving the biggest paychecks of their film careers.^[4]