A Million to Juan (1994)

Money can't buy everything. Yeah, right.

97 min★ 5.6 · 1,020 votes

• Comedy

Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for $1,000,000 with instructions that he is to give the check back in 30 days. Initially he uses the check to convince people to extend credit to him. In the meantime he also attracts a woman who is in a dead end relationship with a bossy businessman. At the end of the 30 days, he finds his life in turmoil, the things he got on credit are repossessed, and he is being evicted from his dwelling and being sent back to Mexico.

Release date

May 15, 1994

Country of origin

United States

Box office

$1,221,832