Reality Bites
“A comedy about love in the '90s”
A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As they struggle to map out survival guides for the future, the Gen-X quartet soon begins to realize that reality isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Reality Bites performed
Budget
$11.5M
Worldwide Gross
$33.4M
Gross Profit
$21.9M
Return
2.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
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
Lelaina Pierce
Winona Ryder
Lelaina Pierce
Troy Dyer
Ethan Hawke
Troy Dyer
Vickie Miner
Janeane Garofalo
Vickie Miner
Sammy Gray
Steve Zahn
Sammy Gray
Michael Grates
Ben Stiller
Michael Grates
Charlane McGregor
Swoosie Kurtz
Charlane McGregor
Wes McGregor
Harry O'Reilly
Wes McGregor
Helen Anne Pierce
Susan Norfleet
Helen Anne Pierce
Tom Pierce
Joe Don Baker
Tom Pierce
Tami
Renée Zellweger
Tami
Rick
James Rothenberg
Rick
Grant Gubler
John Mahoney
Grant Gubler
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