How to Make an American Quilt
“There's beauty in the patterns of life.”
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How How to Make an American Quilt performed
Budget
$10.0M
Worldwide Gross
$41.2M
Gross Profit
$31.2M
Return
4.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$6M
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
Finn Dodd
Winona Ryder
Finn Dodd
Glady Joe Cleary
Anne Bancroft
Glady Joe Cleary
Hy Dodd
Ellen Burstyn
Hy Dodd
Constance Saunders
Kate Nelligan
Constance Saunders
Em
Jean Simmons
Em
Anna
Maya Angelou
Anna
Marianna
Alfre Woodard
Marianna
Sam
Dermot Mulroney
Sam
Sophia
Lois Smith
Sophia
Sally
Kate Capshaw
Sally
Arthur
Rip Torn
Arthur
Leon
Johnathon Schaech
Leon
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