A Perfect World
“A convict. A cop. A hostage that will make one of them a hero.”
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
Genres
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Studio
Malpaso Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How A Perfect World performed
Budget
$30.0M
Worldwide Gross
$135.1M
Gross Profit
$105.1M
Return
4.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$19M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Robert 'Butch' Haynes
Kevin Costner
Robert 'Butch' Haynes
Chief Red Garnett
Clint Eastwood
Chief Red Garnett
Sally Gerber
Laura Dern
Sally Gerber
Phillip 'Buzz' Perry
T.J. Lowther
Phillip 'Buzz' Perry
Bobby Lee
Bradley Whitford
Bobby Lee
Terry Pugh
Keith Szarabajka
Terry Pugh
Tom Adler
Leo Burmester
Tom Adler
Dick Suttle
Paul Hewitt
Dick Suttle
Bradley
Ray McKinnon
Bradley
Gladys Perry
Jennifer Griffin
Gladys Perry
Naomi Perry
Leslie Flowers
Naomi Perry
Ruth Perry
Belinda Flowers
Ruth Perry
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