Release
Wet Hot American Summer premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, where it was screened four times to sold-out crowds, though it failed to attract a distributor. Months later, USA Films almost sheepishly offered the filmmakers $100,000 for the film, with virtually no participation for the filmmakers, an offer the film's investors accepted. It premiered in New York City on July 27, 2001, then received a theatrical release limited to fewer than 30 cities: Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Champaign, IL, Dallas, Austin, TX, Abilene, TX, Washington D.C., Seattle, Bellingham, WA, Langley, WA, Cleveland, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Athens, GA, Chapel Hill, NC, Tryon, NC, Lafayette, IN, Boston, Providence, RI, Wilton, NH, Madison, WI, Columbia, MO, Minneapolis, Portland, OR, and Nashville, TN.
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