Driving Miss Daisy
“The funny, touching and totally irresistible story of a working relationship that became a 25-year friendship.”
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Driving Miss Daisy performed
Budget
$7.5M
Worldwide Gross
$145.8M
Gross Profit
$138.3M
Return
19.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$21M
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
Hoke Colburn
Morgan Freeman
Hoke Colburn
Daisy Werthan
Jessica Tandy
Daisy Werthan
Boolie Werthan
Dan Aykroyd
Boolie Werthan
Florine Werthan
Patti LuPone
Florine Werthan
Idella
Esther Rolle
Idella
Miss McClatchey
Joann Havrilla
Miss McClatchey
Oscar
William Hall Jr.
Oscar
Dr. Weil
Alvin M. Sugarman
Dr. Weil
Nonie
Clarice F. Geigerman
Nonie
Miriam
Muriel Moore
Miriam
Beulah
Sylvia Kaler
Beulah
Neighbor Lady
Carolyn Gold
Neighbor Lady
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