Paris, Texas
“A place for dreams. A place for heartbreak. A place to pick up the pieces.”
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Road Movies
Language
en
Status
Released
How Paris, Texas performed
Budget
$1.8M
Worldwide Gross
$2.2M
Gross Profit
$431,987
Return
1.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$314K
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.
Where to Watch
Cast
Travis
Harry Dean Stanton
Travis
Jane
Nastassja Kinski
Jane
Walt
Dean Stockwell
Walt
Hunter
Hunter Carson
Hunter
Anne
Aurore Clément
Anne
Doctor Ulmer
Bernhard Wicki
Doctor Ulmer
Gas Station Attendant
Sam Berry
Gas Station Attendant
Car Rental Clerk
Claresie Mobley
Car Rental Clerk
Woman on TV
Viva
Woman on TV
Carmelita
Socorro Valdez
Carmelita
Hunter's Friend
Edward Fayton
Hunter's Friend
Hunter (Age 3)
Justin Hogg
Hunter (Age 3)
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