Drugstore Cowboy
“Sooner or later, someone will pay the price.”
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.
Genres
Drama, Crime
Studio
Avenue Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Drugstore Cowboy performed
Budget
$2.5M
Worldwide Gross
$4.7M
Gross Profit
$2.2M
Return
1.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$677K
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
Bob
Matt Dillon
Bob
Dianne
Kelly Lynch
Dianne
Gentry
James Remar
Gentry
Rick
James Le Gros
Rick
Nadine
Heather Graham
Nadine
Drug Counselor
Beah Richards
Drug Counselor
Bob's Mother
Grace Zabriskie
Bob's Mother
David
Max Perlich
David
Tom the Priest
William S. Burroughs
Tom the Priest
Druggist
Eric Hull
Druggist
Cop
John Kelly
Cop
Trousinski
George Catalano
Trousinski
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