<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $23 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $186 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Waterboy is a 1998 American sports comedy film directed by Frank Coraci (who also appears in a cameo role), starring Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk, Henry Winkler, Jerry Reed (his last film role before his death in 2008), Larry Gilliard, Jr., Blake Clark, Peter Dante and Jonathan Loughran, and produced by Robert Simonds and Jack Giarraputo . </P> <P> Lynn Swann, Lawrence Taylor, Jimmy Johnson, Bill Cowher, Paul "The Big Show" Wight and Rob Schneider have cameo appearances . The movie was extremely profitable, earning $161.5 million in North America alone . This was Sandler's second film to eclipse $120 million worldwide in 1998 along with The Wedding Singer . </P>

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