As Good as It Gets
“A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat.”
A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Studio
TriStar Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How As Good as It Gets performed
Budget
$50.0M
Worldwide Gross
$314.2M
Gross Profit
$264.2M
Return
6.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$45M
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
Melvin Udall
Jack Nicholson
Melvin Udall
Carol Connelly
Helen Hunt
Carol Connelly
Simon Bishop
Greg Kinnear
Simon Bishop
Frank Sachs
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Frank Sachs
Beverly Connelly
Shirley Knight
Beverly Connelly
Spencer Connelly
Jesse James
Spencer Connelly
Jackie Simpson
Yeardley Smith
Jackie Simpson
Nora Manning
Lupe Ontiveros
Nora Manning
Vincent Lopiano
Skeet Ulrich
Vincent Lopiano
Dr. Bettes
Harold Ramis
Dr. Bettes
Dr. Green
Lawrence Kasdan
Dr. Green
Neighbor Woman
Bibi Osterwald
Neighbor Woman
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