What's Eating Gilbert Grape
“Life is a terrible thing to sleep through.”
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.
Genres
Romance, Drama
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How What's Eating Gilbert Grape performed
Budget
$11.0M
Worldwide Gross
$10.0M
Gross Profit
−$1.0M
Return
0.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Romance) 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
Gilbert Grape
Johnny Depp
Gilbert Grape
Arnie Grape
Leonardo DiCaprio
Arnie Grape
Becky
Juliette Lewis
Becky
Betty Carver
Mary Steenburgen
Betty Carver
Momma
Darlene Cates
Momma
Amy Grape
Laura Harrington
Amy Grape
Ellen Grape
Mary Kate Schellhardt
Ellen Grape
Mr. Carver
Kevin Tighe
Mr. Carver
Tucker Van Dyke
John C. Reilly
Tucker Van Dyke
Bobby McBurney
Crispin Glover
Bobby McBurney
Becky's Grandma
Penelope Branning
Becky's Grandma
Mr. Lamson
Tim Green
Mr. Lamson
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