Picnic
“Unsurpassed! Unforgettable!”
Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Picnic performed
Budget
$3.0M
Worldwide Gross
$9.0M
Gross Profit
$6.0M
Return
3.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
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
Hal Carter
William Holden
Hal Carter
Madge Owens
Kim Novak
Madge Owens
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Rosalind Russell
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Flo Owens
Betty Field
Flo Owens
Millie Owens
Susan Strasberg
Millie Owens
Alan Benson
Cliff Robertson
Alan Benson
Howard Bevans
Arthur O'Connell
Howard Bevans
Helen Potts
Verna Felton
Helen Potts
Irma Henderson
Reta Shaw
Irma Henderson
'Bomber'
Nick Adams
'Bomber'
Mr. Benson
Raymond Bailey
Mr. Benson
Christine Schoenwalder
Elizabeth Wilson
Christine Schoenwalder
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