<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $64.6 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Hot Tub Time Machine is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Steve Pink and starring John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Crispin Glover, Lizzy Caplan, Kellee Stewart, Crystal Lowe, Collette Wolfe and Chevy Chase . The film was released on March 26, 2010 . A sequel, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, was released on February 20, 2015 . </P> <P> Three estranged, depressed friends: Adam Yates is dumped by his girlfriend; Nick Webber - Agnew is a henpecked husband with a dead - end job; and Lou Dorchen is a party animal in his 40s . They reconnect when Lou is hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning . To cheer him up, Adam and Nick arrange for Lou to join them at Kodiak Valley Ski Resort, where the three enjoyed fun times in their youth; Adam's reclusive nephew Jacob tags along . During a night of heavy drinking in their hotel room's hot tub, the four douse the console with an illegal Russian energy drink called "Chernobly". </P> <P> The next day, the friends go skiing and, after many strange occurrences (1980s fashion, music videos on MTV and Michael Jackson still being black), they realize they have traveled back to 1986 . Adam, Lou and Nick have also assumed their younger bodies: they appear normal to each other, but to others (and in their reflections) they look like their younger selves . Jacob's appearance has not changed, though he occasionally flickers . </P>

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