Waiting for Guffman
“There's a good reason some talent remains undiscovered.”
Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.
Genres
Comedy, Music
Studio
Pale Morning Dun
Language
en
Status
Released
How Waiting for Guffman performed
Budget
$4.0M
Worldwide Gross
$2.9M
Gross Profit
−$1.1M
Return
0.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$418K
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.
Where to Watch
Cast
Corky St. Clair
Christopher Guest
Corky St. Clair
Dr. Allan Pearl
Eugene Levy
Dr. Allan Pearl
Ron Albertson
Fred Willard
Ron Albertson
Sheila Albertson
Catherine O'Hara
Sheila Albertson
Steve Stark - Councilman
Michael Hitchcock
Steve Stark - Councilman
Glenn Welsch - Mayor
Larry Miller
Glenn Welsch - Mayor
Libby Mae Brown
Parker Posey
Libby Mae Brown
Lloyd Miller
Bob Balaban
Lloyd Miller
Phil Burgess - Blaine Historian
Don Lake
Phil Burgess - Blaine Historian
UFO Expert
David Cross
UFO Expert
UFO Abductee
Paul Dooley
UFO Abductee
Clifford Wooley
Lewis Arquette
Clifford Wooley
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