Splash (film)

Splash
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ron Howard
Screenplay by	Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel Bruce Jay Friedman
Story by	Bruce Jay Friedman Brian Grazer
Produced by	Brian Grazer
Starring	Tom Hanks Daryl Hannah Eugene Levy John Candy
Cinematography	Donald Peterman
Edited by	Daniel P. Hanley Mike Hill
Music by	Lee Holdridge
Production company	Touchstone Films
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution Co.
Release date	March 9, 1984 (1984-03-09)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$11 million[1]
Box office	$69.8 million[2]

Splash is a 1984 American romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman, and a story by Friedman and producer Brian Grazer. The film stars Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, and Eugene Levy. Its plot involves a young man who falls in love with a mysterious woman who is secretly a mermaid. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

It is notable for being the first film released by Touchstone Pictures, a film label created by Walt Disney Studios that same year in an effort to release films targeted at adult audiences, with mature content not appropriate for the studio's flagship Walt Disney Pictures banner. Splash received a PG-rating for some profanity and brief nudity, and was critically and commercially successful, earning over $69 million on an $11 million budget, making it the tenth-highest-grossing film of 1984, and received praise for the acting, humor, and chemistry between Hanks and Hannah.