Patch Adams
“Laughter is contagious.”
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Patch Adams performed
Budget
$50.0M
Worldwide Gross
$202.3M
Gross Profit
$152.3M
Return
4.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$29M
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.
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Cast
Hunter 'Patch' Adams
Robin Williams
Hunter 'Patch' Adams
Carin Fisher
Monica Potter
Carin Fisher
Mitch Roman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Mitch Roman
Truman Schiff
Daniel London
Truman Schiff
Dean Walcott
Bob Gunton
Dean Walcott
Dean Anderson
Harve Presnell
Dean Anderson
Bill Davis
Peter Coyote
Bill Davis
Rudy
Michael Jeter
Rudy
Dr. Eaton
Josef Sommer
Dr. Eaton
Joletta
Irma P. Hall
Joletta
Emmet
Barry Shabaka Henley
Emmet
Judy
Frances Lee McCain
Judy
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