Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999 · 95 min
Directed by Jay Roach. Written by Michael McCullers, Mike Myers. Starring Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Verne Troyer, Michael York.
When diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo,’ Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself - with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell - to stop the dastardly plan. Once there, Austin faces off against Dr. Evil's army of minions to try to save the world in his own unbelievably groovy way.
Critics 53% · audiences 71% · $206 million in the US and Canada on its first run · $716,000 elsewhere · about 41 million tickets sold, 15% of the country · 1 Oscar nomination
What they said about Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
- 1999
too many scenes end on a flat note, like those Saturday Night Live sketches that run out of steam before they end.
— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
At the box office
The Spy Who Shagged Me was a commercial success, opening at the top of the box office and grossing $54.9 million during its first weekend. Opening in 3,315 theaters, the film set a record for the widest release of all time, and achieved the third-highest opening weekend of all time, after Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Its opening-weekend total was more than the entire gross of its predecessor. It also set records for the highest June opening and the highest opening for a comedy. The film grossed $206 million in the United States and Canada and $107 million in other countries, for a total of $313 million.