Kramer vs. Kramer
“There are three sides to this love story.”
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Kramer vs. Kramer performed
Budget
$8.0M
Worldwide Gross
$106.3M
Gross Profit
$98.3M
Return
13.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$15M
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
Ted Kramer
Dustin Hoffman
Ted Kramer
Joanna Kramer
Meryl Streep
Joanna Kramer
Margaret Phelps
Jane Alexander
Margaret Phelps
Billy Kramer
Justin Henry
Billy Kramer
John Shaunessy
Howard Duff
John Shaunessy
Jim O'Connor
George Coe
Jim O'Connor
Phyllis Bernard
JoBeth Williams
Phyllis Bernard
Gressen
Bill Moor
Gressen
Judge Atkins
Howland Chamberlain
Judge Atkins
Spencer
Jack Ramage
Spencer
Ackerman
Jess Osuna
Ackerman
Interviewer
Nicholas Hormann
Interviewer
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