The Natural
“He lived for a dream that wouldn't die.”
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
Genres
Drama
Studio
TriStar Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Natural performed
Budget
$28.0M
Worldwide Gross
$48.0M
Gross Profit
$20.0M
Return
1.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$7M
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.
Where to Watch
Cast
Roy Hobbs
Robert Redford
Roy Hobbs
Max Mercy
Robert Duvall
Max Mercy
Iris Gaines
Glenn Close
Iris Gaines
Memo Paris
Kim Basinger
Memo Paris
Pop Fisher
Wilford Brimley
Pop Fisher
Harriet Bird
Barbara Hershey
Harriet Bird
The Judge
Robert Prosky
The Judge
Red Blow
Richard Farnsworth
Red Blow
The Whammer
Joe Don Baker
The Whammer
Bump Bailey
Michael Madsen
Bump Bailey
Sam Simpson
John Finnegan
Sam Simpson
Ed Hobbs
Alan Fudge
Ed Hobbs
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