The following year, Hall landed the role of Rusty Griswold, Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo's son, in "National Lampoon's Vacation", catching the attention of the film's screenwriter John Hughes, who was about to make the jump to directing. "For to upstage Chevy, I thought, was a remarkable accomplishment for a 13-year-old kid," said Hughes. The film was a significant box office hit in 1983, grossing over $61 million in the United States. After "Vacation", Hall moved on to other projects and declined to reprise his role in the 1985 sequel.