Movie connections for
The Money Pit (1986) More at IMDbPro »

Remake of

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
 -  Remake of the Cary Grant Film.

Remade as

Drömkåken (1993)

References

"The Honeymooners" (1955)
Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
 -  The elaborate scene where Tom Hanks single-handedly destroys all the scaffolding, falls into plaster, and rolls downhill into a fountain... was based almost exactly on this movie's clubhouse destruction scene.
"The Care Bears" (1985)
 -  Walter says "I thought the Care Bears were here" when stuck in the floor.

Referenced in

"Jeopardy!: (#16.37)" (1999)
 -  Subject of a $1,000 clue in the category "'80s Film Comedy"
"Gilmore Girls: Dead Uncles and Vegetables (#2.17)" (2002)
 -  Lorelai mentions it.
"Gilmore Girls: Those Are Strings, Pinocchio (#3.22)" (2003)
 -  Lorelai wonders if she and Sookie are buying a "Money Pit" in the Dragonfly Inn.
"Family Guy: Untitled Griffin Family History (#4.27)" (2006)
 -  Peter says he likes the movie.
"The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Mosters vs Aliens/The Haunting in Connecticut/12 Rounds (#1.5)" (2009)
 -  Brett says The Haunting In Connecticut (2009) is a very scary version of The Money Pit

Spoofs

The Amityville Horror (1979)

Spoofed in

The Money Hole (1993) (V)
 -  Hardcore takeoff.
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! (1998) (V)
FC Venus (2006)
 -  The construction teams enters the scene exactly alike.

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