National Lampoon's Van Wilder

2002 film directed by Walt Becker
Movie film Q18967
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Summary

National Lampoon's Van Wilder is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,962 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Walt Becker[3]
  • Composer: David Nessim Lawrence[4]
  • Genre: teen film[5], coming-of-age film[6], romantic comedy film[7]
  • Followed by: Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj[8]
  • Cast member: Ryan Reynolds[9], Tara Reid[10], Kal Penn[11], Tim Matheson[12], Erik Estrada[13], Paul Gleason[14], Daniel Cosgrove[15], Sophia Bush[16], Aaron Paul[17], Chris Owen[18], Curtis Armstrong[19], Deon Richmond[20], Kim Smith[21], Simon Helberg[22]
  • Producer: Robert L. Levy[23], Peter Abrams[24]
  • Production company: Universal Pictures[25], Myriad Pictures[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 18%[29], 3.7/10[30], 26/100[31]
  • Color: color[32]
  • Country of origin: United States[33], Germany[34]
  • Publication date: April 5, 2002[35], July 25, 2002[36]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[37], Netflix[38]
  • Filming location: Vancouver[39], Los Angeles[40], Royce Hall[41], Marymount High School[42]
  • Title: National Lampoon's Van Wilder[43]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[44]
  • Duration: 93 minutes[45]
  • Box office: 38,275,483 US dollars[46]

Why It Matters

National Lampoon's Van Wilder has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . filmportal.de. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . filmportal.de. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . boxofficemojo.com. boxofficemojo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 27
    P14724 → 19818604
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', 'id', 'it',
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  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 283111
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2002-04-05T00:00:00Z, +2002-07-25T00:00:00Z
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+93'}
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