Frankie and Johnny
“You never choose love. Love chooses you.”
When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fling with waitress Cora, he develops an attraction for Cora's friend and fellow waitress Frankie. While Frankie resists Johnny's charms initially, she eventually relents when her best friend, Tim, persuades her to give Johnny a chance.
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Frankie and Johnny performed
Budget
$29.0M
Worldwide Gross
$22.8M
Gross Profit
−$6.2M
Return
0.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$3M
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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