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GenreComedy, Drama & Romance
RatedR
Runtime2 hr 19 mins
ReleasedDecember 13, 1996
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorCameron Crowe
StarringTom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger
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Jerry Maguire (1996)
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| Jerry Maguire's Details | |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama & Romance |
| Rated | R |
| Released | 12/13/1996 |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 2 hr 19 mins |
| Budget | $50M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | Leigh Steinberg |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Jerry Maguire's Interests | |
| General | Mission statements, office goldfish, NFL draft day, contract extensions, the kwan. |
| Music | Nancy Wilson of Heart, plus Springsteen's 'Secret Garden' doing heavy emotional lifting. |
| Movies | Almost Famous (2000). Same director, way more guitars. |
| Television | Ballers. More sports agents, more sunshine, same money talk. |
| Heroes | Rod Tidwell. Loud, loyal and right about almost everything. |
| Jerry Maguire's Crew | |
| Director | Cameron Crowe |
| Writers | Cameron Crowe |
| Producers | James L. Brooks, Richard Sakai, Laurence Mark, Cameron Crowe |
| Cinematography | Janusz Kamiński |
| Music | Nancy Wilson |
| Edited By | Joe Hutshing |
| Production | TriStar Pictures, Gracie Films, Vinyl Films |
| Distributed By | Sony Pictures Releasing |
Jerry Maguire’s real romance is the one with Rod Tidwell, and the movie lights up every time those two share a room. Cuba Gooding Jr. plays Rod as a loud, proud receiver who wants respect and a bigger contract, in that order, and their famous phone call is still the best scene. The honest problem is Jerry and Dorothy. He marries her at a low point, more out of loneliness than love, and the movie asks you to cheer anyway. Renée Zellweger plays Dorothy with so much warmth that you almost buy it. Tom Cruise is great as a guy who’s charming for a living and clueless at home. Jay Mohr’s slick Bob Sugar is a perfect little villain. At 139 minutes, it lingers. It made $273.7 million worldwide on a reported $50M. A 7.6 because the sports agent story is sharp and the love story needed one more rewrite. $631 says you write a heartfelt late-night email to your whole team someday and hit send before thinking it through.
What works: Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Rod Tidwell is a force of nature, and his scenes with Cruise have real heart and real laughs.
What doesn’t: Jerry’s marriage to Dorothy is built on loneliness more than love, and the movie wants applause for it anyway.
Who it’s for: Sports fans who like the business side, and anyone who wants a rom-com with a little sweat on it.
Spoilers
Rod takes a hard hit in a big Monday night game, gets back up and celebrates for the crowd, which lands him the contract he’s been chasing. Jerry realizes he wants to share that moment with Dorothy, rushes to her and starts a big speech in front of her friends, and she stops him before he can finish.
Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is a slick sports agent at a giant firm, until a late-night crisis of conscience turns into a mission statement about caring more and signing fewer clients. His company fires him almost immediately, and his protégé Bob Sugar (Jay Mohr) races him to the phones to grab his roster. Jerry ends up with one client, Arizona Cardinals receiver Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), and one employee, single mom Dorothy Boyd (Renée Zellweger), who believed in the memo. Cameron Crowe writes and directs. One hundred thirty-eight minutes, one fishbowl, one very loud phone call.
Anyone willing to yell the famous line at full volume. You know the one.
| Tom Cruise | Jerry Maguire |
| Cuba Gooding Jr. | Rod Tidwell |
| Renée Zellweger | Dorothy Boyd |
| Kelly Preston | Avery Bishop |
| Jerry O'Connell | Frank "Cush" Cushman |
| Jay Mohr | Bob Sugar |
| Bonnie Hunt | Laurel Boyd |
| Jay Ward | Tom Brand |
| Regina King | Marcee Tidwell |
| Jonathan Lipnicki | Ray Boyd |
| Todd Louiso | Chad the Nanny |
| Jeremy Suarez | Tyson Tidwell |
| Jared Jussim | Dicky Fox |
| Jann Wenner | Scully |
| Josh Peck | Joe Maguire |
| Ali Wentworth | Bobbi Fallon |
| Aries Spears | Teepee Tidwell |
| Kelly Coffield | Jan |
| Winnie Holzman | members of the women's group |
| Hynden Walch | members of the women's group |
| Glenn Frey | Dennis Wilburn |
| Donal Logue | Rick |
| Tom Gallop | Ben |
| Angela Goethals | Kathy Sanders |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 17 October 2026 DataBot +480 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $273.7M; Domestic box office $154.1M; Opening weekend $17.1M; Profit / loss (est.) +$61.8M; Rotten Tomatoes 86%; CinemaScore A; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 86% (153 reviews); Metacritic 77 / 100; CinemaScore A; IMDb users 7.3 / 10 (317,277 votes); movie.guru score 8.3.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 17 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.