<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $7 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $33.8 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Sandlot is a 1993 American coming - of - age baseball film co-written and directed by David M. Evans, which tells the story of a group of young baseball players during the summer of 1962 . It stars Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Karen Allen, Denis Leary and James Earl Jones . The filming locations were in Glendale, Midvale, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, Utah . </P> <P> It grossed $33 million worldwide and has become a cult film . </P>

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