Heartburn
“Sex. Love. Marriage. Some people don't know when to quit.”
She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Heartburn performed
Budget
$15.0M
Worldwide Gross
$52.6M
Gross Profit
$37.6M
Return
3.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$8M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Rachel
Meryl Streep
Rachel
Mark
Jack Nicholson
Mark
Richard
Jeff Daniels
Richard
Vera
Maureen Stapleton
Vera
Julie
Stockard Channing
Julie
Arthur
Richard Masur
Arthur
Betty
Catherine O'Hara
Betty
Rachel's Father
Steven Hill
Rachel's Father
Dimitri
Miloš Forman
Dimitri
Annie
Mamie Gummer
Annie
Thelma Rice
Karen Akers
Thelma Rice
Juanita
Aida Linares
Juanita
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