The King of Comedy
“It's no laughing matter.”
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Studio
Embassy International Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The King of Comedy performed
Budget
$19.0M
Worldwide Gross
$2.5M
Gross Profit
−$16.5M
Return
0.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$365K
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
Rupert Pupkin
Robert De Niro
Rupert Pupkin
Jerry Langford
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Langford
Rita
Diahnne Abbott
Rita
Masha
Sandra Bernhard
Masha
Cathy Long
Shelley Hack
Cathy Long
Bert Thomas
Frederick de Cordova
Bert Thomas
Ed Herlihy
Ed Herlihy
Ed Herlihy
Band Leader
Lou Brown
Band Leader
Stage Door Fan
Loretta Tupper
Stage Door Fan
Stage Door Fan
Peter Potulski
Stage Door Fan
Stage Door Fan
Vinnie Gonzales
Stage Door Fan
Stage Door Guard
Whitey Ryan
Stage Door Guard
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