My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 independent romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos, who also stars in the film as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos, a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with the upper middle class White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Ian Miller. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and, at the 75th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. A sleeper hit, the film became the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time, and grossed $241.4 million in North America, despite never reaching number one at the box office during its release. It was the highest-grossing film with that distinction for 14 years until the animated film Sing grossed $268 million in 2016. The film spawned a franchise, which inspired the short-lived 2003 TV series My Big Fat Greek Life and a film sequel titled My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, was released on March 25, 2016.
| Director | Joel Zwick |
| Produced by | Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson |
| Writer(s) | Nia Vardalos |
| Starring | Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Gia Carides, Louis Mandylor, Andrea Martin, Joey Fatone |
| Music | Alexander Janko, Chris Wilson |
| Cinematography | Jeffrey Jur |
| Edited by | Mia Goldman |
| Production, company | Gold Circle Films, HBO Films, MPH Entertainment, Playtone |
| Distributed by | IFC Films |
| Released | April 19, 2002 (United States), August 16, 2002 (Canada) |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Canada, United States |
| Language | English, Greek |
| Budget | $5 million |
| Box office | $368.7 million |
| Netflix ID | 60022946 |
About My Big Fat Greek Wedding
A Greek woman introduces her family to her non-Greek fiance. The film is the first installment in the series.
Achievement of My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Nia Vardalos was forty years old when she played thirty year old Fotoula Portokalos-Miller. Husband and wife, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, produced the film.
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Latest information about My Big Fat Greek Wedding updated on July 28 2021.
