Ode to Billy Joe
“What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.”
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Ode to Billy Joe performed
Budget
$1.1M
Worldwide Gross
$27.0M
Gross Profit
$25.9M
Return
24.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
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
Billy Joe McAllister
Robby Benson
Billy Joe McAllister
Bobbie Lee Hartley
Glynnis O'Connor
Bobbie Lee Hartley
Anna 'Mama' Hartley
Joan Hotchkis
Anna 'Mama' Hartley
James Hartley
Terence Goodman
James Hartley
Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
Sandy McPeak
Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
Dewey Barksdale
James Best
Dewey Barksdale
Becky Thompson
Becky Bowen
Becky Thompson
Brother Taylor
Simpson Hemphill
Brother Taylor
Mrs. Thompson
Rebecca Jernigan
Mrs. Thompson
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