Little Miss Sunshine
“A family on the verge of a breakdown.”
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Studio
Big Beach
Language
en
Status
Released
How Little Miss Sunshine performed
Budget
$8.0M
Worldwide Gross
$100.5M
Gross Profit
$92.5M
Return
12.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$14M
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
Richard Hoover
Greg Kinnear
Richard Hoover
Sheryl Hoover
Toni Collette
Sheryl Hoover
Frank Ginsberg
Steve Carell
Frank Ginsberg
Dwayne Hoover
Paul Dano
Dwayne Hoover
Olive Hoover
Abigail Breslin
Olive Hoover
Edwin Hoover
Alan Arkin
Edwin Hoover
Stan Grossman
Bryan Cranston
Stan Grossman
Nancy Jenkins
Beth Grant
Nancy Jenkins
Kirby
Wallace Langham
Kirby
Pageant MC
Matt Winston
Pageant MC
Mechanic
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Mechanic
Doctor #1
Marc Turtletaub
Doctor #1
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