How The Thing Called Love performed
Budget
$14.0M
Worldwide Gross
$1.0M
Gross Profit
−$13.0M
Return
0.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$148K
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
James Wright
River Phoenix
James Wright
Miranda Presley
Samantha Mathis
Miranda Presley
Kyle Davidson
Dermot Mulroney
Kyle Davidson
Linda Lue Linden
Sandra Bullock
Linda Lue Linden
Billy
Anthony Clark
Billy
Deborah Allen
Deborah Allen
Deborah Allen
Lucy
K.T. Oslin
Lucy
Ned
Webb Wilder
Ned
Floyd
Earl Poole Ball
Floyd
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Katy Moffatt
Katy Moffatt
Katy Moffatt
Jo-El Sonnier
Jo-El Sonnier
Jo-El Sonnier
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