Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
“A movie for everyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance.”
After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.
Genres
Romance, Drama
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore performed
Budget
$1.8M
Worldwide Gross
$21.0M
Gross Profit
$19.2M
Return
11.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$3M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Romance) 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
Alice Hyatt
Ellen Burstyn
Alice Hyatt
Tommy
Alfred Lutter
Tommy
David
Kris Kristofferson
David
Ben Eberhardt
Harvey Keitel
Ben Eberhardt
Flo
Diane Ladd
Flo
Bea
Lelia Goldoni
Bea
Donald Hyatt
Billy Green Bush
Donald Hyatt
Audrey
Jodie Foster
Audrey
Vera
Valerie Curtin
Vera
Mel
Vic Tayback
Mel
Jacobs
Murray Moston
Jacobs
Joe & Jim's Bartender
Harry Northup
Joe & Jim's Bartender
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