<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $5.8 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $70.1 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes, and co-produced by Tom Jacobson . The film stars Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller, a high - school slacker who spends a day off from school, with Mia Sara and Alan Ruck . Ferris regularly "breaks the fourth wall" to explain techniques and inner thoughts . </P> <P> Hughes wrote the screenplay in less than a week . Filming began in September 1985 and finished in November 1985 . Featuring many landmarks, including the Sears Tower and the Art Institute of Chicago, the film was Hughes' love letter to Chicago: "I really wanted to capture as much of Chicago as I could . Not just in the architecture and landscape, but the spirit ." </P>

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