<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $17 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $59.5 million </Td> </Tr> <P> My Girl is a 1991 American comedy - drama film directed by Howard Zieff and written by Laurice Elehwany . The film, starring Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky in her feature film debut, depicts the coming - of - age of a young girl who faces many different emotional highs and lows . The film also stars Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis . </P> <P> A book based on the script was written by Patricia Hermes in 1991 . The film's sequel, My Girl 2, was released in 1994 . </P>

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