Hope Floats
When life fell apart, love fell into place.
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill.Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin.
- Director
- Forest Whitaker
- Worldwide
- $81M
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Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.
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Box Office & Release
Hope Floats returned 2.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $30M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $81M
- Release date
- May 29, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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