How Talk Radio performed
Budget
$4.0M
Worldwide Gross
$3.5M
Gross Profit
−$531,428
Return
0.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$499K
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
Barry Champlain
Eric Bogosian
Barry Champlain
Ellen
Ellen Greene
Ellen
Laura
Leslie Hope
Laura
Stu
John C. McGinley
Stu
Dan
Alec Baldwin
Dan
Dietz
John Pankow
Dietz
Kent / Michael / Joe
Michael Wincott
Kent / Michael / Joe
Sheila Fleming
Linda Atkinson
Sheila Fleming
Jeffrey Fisher / Francine
Robert Trebor
Jeffrey Fisher / Francine
Sid Greenberg
Zach Grenier
Sid Greenberg
Dino
Tony Frank
Dino
Coach Armstrong
Harlan Jordan
Coach Armstrong
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