During its opening weekend, the film opened in second place behind Crocodile Dundee II, earning $8.2 million. The Italian film Da grande (1987) has been said to be the inspiration for Big. After sharing an emotional goodbye with Susan, Josh transforms into a child again before reuniting with his family and Billy. Josh is grateful for their time together and suggests she use the machine to turn herself into a little girl. At the park, Josh finds the machine, unplugs it, and makes a wish to become a child again. Josh learns from Billy that the Zoltar machine is now at Sea Point Park, and he leaves in the middle of his presentation to MacMillan and the other executives.

When he expresses doubts to Susan and attempts to explain that he is a child, she interprets this as fear of commitment on his part and dismisses his explanation. He is intimidated by the need to formulate the business aspects of the proposal, but Susan says that she will handle the business end while he comes up with the ideas. MacMillan asks Josh to come up with proposals for a new line of toys. Returning home, he desperately tries to explain his predicament to his mother, who panics and chases him from the house thinking he is a stranger who has kidnapped her son.

Directed by Mike Ockrent, and choreographed by Susan Stroman, it opened on April 28, 1996, and closed on October 13, 1996, after Unli Slots Casino 193 performances. In June 2008, AFI named it the tenth-best film in the fantasy genre. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A” on an A+ to F scale. It was the first feature film directed by a woman to gross over $100 million.