Running on Empty
“They chose their lives. Now their son must choose his.”
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.
Genres
Drama, Romance, Crime
Studio
Double Play
Language
en
Status
Released
How Running on Empty performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$2.8M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$408K
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
Annie Pope
Christine Lahti
Annie Pope
Danny Pope
River Phoenix
Danny Pope
Arthur Pope
Judd Hirsch
Arthur Pope
Harry Pope
Jonas Abry
Harry Pope
Lorna Phillips
Martha Plimpton
Lorna Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Ed Crowley
Mr. Phillips
Gus Winant
L.M. Kit Carson
Gus Winant
Donald Patterson
Steven Hill
Donald Patterson
Abigail Patterson
Augusta Dabney
Abigail Patterson
Dr. Jonah Reiff
David Margulies
Dr. Jonah Reiff
Contact at Eldridge St.
Lynne Thigpen
Contact at Eldridge St.
School Clerk
Marcia Jean Kurtz
School Clerk
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