The Last Picture Show
“Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…”
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
BBS Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Last Picture Show performed
Budget
$1.3M
Worldwide Gross
$29.1M
Gross Profit
$27.8M
Return
22.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
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
Sonny Crawford
Timothy Bottoms
Sonny Crawford
Jacy Farrow
Cybill Shepherd
Jacy Farrow
Duane Jackson
Jeff Bridges
Duane Jackson
Ruth Popper
Cloris Leachman
Ruth Popper
Lois Farrow
Ellen Burstyn
Lois Farrow
Sam the Lion
Ben Johnson
Sam the Lion
Lester Marlow
Randy Quaid
Lester Marlow
Abilene
Clu Gulager
Abilene
Genevieve
Eileen Brennan
Genevieve
Billy
Sam Bottoms
Billy
Charlene Duggs
Sharon Ullrick
Charlene Duggs
Coach Popper
Bill Thurman
Coach Popper
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