Sister Act
“No booze. No sex. No drugs. No way.”
When lively lounge singer Deloris sees her mobster beau commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, she proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters.
Genres
Music, Comedy
Studio
Touchstone Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Sister Act performed
Budget
$31.0M
Worldwide Gross
$231.6M
Gross Profit
$200.6M
Return
7.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$36M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Music) 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
Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
Whoopi Goldberg
Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
Mother Superior
Maggie Smith
Mother Superior
Sister Mary Patrick
Kathy Najimy
Sister Mary Patrick
Sister Mary Robert
Wendy Makkena
Sister Mary Robert
Sister Mary Lazarus
Mary Wickes
Sister Mary Lazarus
Vince LaRocca
Harvey Keitel
Vince LaRocca
Lt. Eddie Souther
Bill Nunn
Lt. Eddie Souther
Joey
Robert Miranda
Joey
Willy
Richard Portnow
Willy
Choir Nun
Ellen Albertini Dow
Choir Nun
Choir Nun
Carmen Zapata
Choir Nun
Choir Nun
Pat Crawford Brown
Choir Nun
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