A Star Is Born
“The applause of the world... and then this!”
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Genres
Drama, Music, Romance
Studio
Transcona Enterprises
Language
en
Status
Released
How A Star Is Born performed
Budget
$5.0M
Worldwide Gross
$12.0M
Gross Profit
$7.0M
Return
2.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
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
Vicki Lester
Judy Garland
Vicki Lester
Norman Maine
James Mason
Norman Maine
Matt Libby
Jack Carson
Matt Libby
Oliver Niles
Charles Bickford
Oliver Niles
Danny McGuire
Tommy Noonan
Danny McGuire
Lola Lavery
Lucy Marlow
Lola Lavery
Susan Ettinger
Amanda Blake
Susan Ettinger
Graves
Irving Bacon
Graves
Libby's Secretary
Hazel Shermet
Libby's Secretary
Glenn Williams (uncredited)
James Brown
Glenn Williams (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
John Alban
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Guitarist (uncredited)
Laurindo Almeida
Guitarist (uncredited)
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