Used Cars
“Like new, great looking and fully loaded with laughs.”
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
Genres
Comedy
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Used Cars performed
Budget
$8.0M
Worldwide Gross
$11.7M
Gross Profit
$3.7M
Return
1.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
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.
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Cast
Rudy Russo
Kurt Russell
Rudy Russo
Roy L. Fuchs / Luke Fuchs
Jack Warden
Roy L. Fuchs / Luke Fuchs
Jeff
Gerrit Graham
Jeff
Jim the Mechanic
Frank McRae
Jim the Mechanic
Barbara Fuchs
Deborah Harmon
Barbara Fuchs
Sam Slaton
Joe Flaherty
Sam Slaton
Freddie Paris
David L. Lander
Freddie Paris
Eddie Winslow
Michael McKean
Eddie Winslow
Mickey
Michael Talbott
Mickey
Carmine
Harry Northup
Carmine
Manuel
Alfonso Arau
Manuel
Judge Harrison
Al Lewis
Judge Harrison
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