The Sure Thing
“A sure thing comes once in a lifetime... but the real thing lasts forever.”
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Studio
Monument Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Sure Thing performed
Budget
$4.5M
Worldwide Gross
$18.1M
Gross Profit
$13.6M
Return
4.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$3M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Walter "Gib" Gibson
John Cusack
Walter "Gib" Gibson
Alison Bradbury
Daphne Zuniga
Alison Bradbury
Lance
Anthony Edwards
Lance
Jason
Boyd Gaines
Jason
Gary Cooper
Tim Robbins
Gary Cooper
Mary Ann Webster
Lisa Jane Persky
Mary Ann Webster
Professor Taub
Viveca Lindfors
Professor Taub
The Sure Thing
Nicollette Sheridan
The Sure Thing
Julie
Marcia Christie
Julie
Bobby
Robert Anthony Marcucci
Bobby
Sharon
Sarah Buxton
Sharon
Lucy
Lorrie Lightle
Lucy
If you liked The Sure Thing
Sex Drive
2008
Grandma
2015
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
Sideways
2004
Winter Spring Summer or Fall
2024
Young People Fucking
2007