Cry Baby
📊 Performance IndexMilestones
🌎 Global Tracker
(Target:
$500M)
2%
🇺🇸 Domestic (US)
(Target:
$250M)
3%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(Target:
$25M)
1%
⚡ Volatility
🎬 In the Vault
🕒 Normal tracking metrics
Site Popularity Rank:
👑 Unranked
🕒 Screening PaceLength
Fast-Paced Mini
Currently tracking active feature block runtime sequence profile parameters.
🎯
Box Office Verdict
📉 Underperformed
Flop
Steady (Target: $12.5M)
Blockbuster
* Editorial Note: Performance targets, verdicts, and volatility metrics reflect automated site projections and community opinion, and do not represent official studio accounting or real-world financial guarantees.
💰 Box Office
HUD
Live
Data
Opening Weekends
🇺🇸
US Weekend
$3,004,905
🇬🇧
UK Weekend
£159,993
Lifetime Grosses
🇺🇸
Total North American
$8,266,343
🇬🇧
Total United Kingdom
£159,993
🌐
Worldwide Total
$8,483,885
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Cast & Crew
Directors
John Waters
Director
Written
John Waters
Screenwriter
Producers
Cast
Cry-Baby
Allison Vernon-Williams
Ramona Rickettes
Mrs. Vernon-Williams
Belvedere Rickettes
Pepper Walker
Wanda Woodward
Mona 'Hatchet-Face' Malnorowski
Milton Hackett
Baldwin
Lenora Frigid
Toe-Joe
Hatchet's Father
Hatchet's Mother
Milton's Father
Milton's Mother
Wanda's Father
Wanda's Mother
Hateful Guard
Snare-Drum
Susie-Q
Dupree
Dupree's Girlfriend
Whiffle #1
Whiffle #2
Whiffle #3
Judge
Inga
Conk #1
Conk #2
Conk #3
Conk #4
Conk #5
Mrs. Tadlock
Angelic Boyfriend
Strip Poker #1
Strip Poker #2
Night Court Parent
Snake-Eyes Hood
Convict #1
Convict #2
Convict #3
Convict #4
Picnic Mother
Mean Guard
Pepper's Baby
Kay
Additional Conk
Mean Policeman
Additional Voices
The Gill Man
Drape Gang Friend
Dancer
Square
Drape / Dancer
Extra in red flannel shirt at Theme Park
Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker
Baltimore Reporter
Corrections Officer
Drapette
Smoker Kid
Howling Square-Boy
Prison Screening Cop
Ko Jo Jackson
Drape
Goody Two-Shoes
Warden
Gang Member
Allison Vernon-Williams
Reporter #2
Girl at Vaccine Row
International Release Schedule
| Territory / Region | Release Date | Platform / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 🌍 United States | 6 Apr 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Australia | 14 Jun 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 West Germany | 28 Jun 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Argentina | 5 Jul 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Israel | 13 Jul 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 United Kingdom | 20 Jul 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Netherlands | 27 Jul 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 France | 1 Aug 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Brazil | 31 Aug 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Hungary | 20 Sep 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Finland | 19 Oct 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Norway | 2 Nov 1990 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Greece | 11 Jan 1991 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Sweden | 11 Jan 1991 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Denmark | 21 Jun 1991 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Portugal | 19 Jul 1991 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Japan | 20 Jul 1991 | Theatre |
| 🌍 Mexico | 12 Jul 2005 | DVD Premiere |
| 🌍 Canada | 1 Nov 2009 | DVD Premiere |
| 🌍 Taiwan | 15 Aug 2022 | Internet |