White Boy Rick
“In 1980s Detroit, Ricky Wersche Jr. was a street hustler, FBI informant and drug kingpin—all before he turned 16.”
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Genres
Crime, Drama
Studio
Studio 8
Language
en
Status
Released
How White Boy Rick performed
Budget
$29.0M
Worldwide Gross
$26.0M
Gross Profit
−$3.0M
Return
0.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) 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
Richard Wershe Sr.
Matthew McConaughey
Richard Wershe Sr.
Richard 'Ricky' Wershe Jr.
Richie Merritt
Richard 'Ricky' Wershe Jr.
Alex Snyder
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Alex Snyder
Dawn Wershe
Bel Powley
Dawn Wershe
Rudell Boo Curry
RJ Cyler
Rudell Boo Curry
Agent Byrd
Rory Cochrane
Agent Byrd
Art Derrick
Eddie Marsan
Art Derrick
Grandpa Roman Wershe
Bruce Dern
Grandpa Roman Wershe
Grandma Verna Wershe
Piper Laurie
Grandma Verna Wershe
Detective Jackson
Brian Tyree Henry
Detective Jackson
Cathy Volsan
Taylour Paige
Cathy Volsan
Johnny 'Lil Man' Curry
Jonathan Majors
Johnny 'Lil Man' Curry
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