Postcards from the Edge
“Having a wonderful time, wish I were here.”
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Postcards from the Edge performed
Budget
$22.0M
Worldwide Gross
$39.1M
Gross Profit
$17.1M
Return
1.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$6M
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
Suzanne Vale
Meryl Streep
Suzanne Vale
Doris Mann
Shirley MacLaine
Doris Mann
Jack Faulkner
Dennis Quaid
Jack Faulkner
Lowell Kolchek
Gene Hackman
Lowell Kolchek
Dr. Frankenthal
Richard Dreyfuss
Dr. Frankenthal
Joe Pierce
Rob Reiner
Joe Pierce
Grandma
Mary Wickes
Grandma
Grandpa
Conrad Bain
Grandpa
Evelyn Ames
Annette Bening
Evelyn Ames
Simon Asquith
Simon Callow
Simon Asquith
Marty Wiener
Gary Morton
Marty Wiener
Julie Marsden
CCH Pounder
Julie Marsden
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