<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $30 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $135.1 million </Td> </Tr> <P> A Perfect World is a 1993 crime drama road film directed by Clint Eastwood starring Kevin Costner as an escaped convict who befriends a young boy (T.J. Lowther) and ends up embarking on a road trip with the child . Eastwood co-stars as a Texas Ranger in pursuit of the convict . </P> <P> In 1963 Texas, convicts Robert "Butch" Haynes (Kevin Costner) and Terry Pugh (Keith Szarabajka) escape from the state penitentiary in Huntsville . Fleeing, the pair stumble into a house where eight - year - old Phillip Perry (T.J. Lowther) lives with his devout Jehovah's Witness mother and two sisters . Needing a hostage to aid their escape, Butch grabs the boy, who meekly accompanies them . The trio's journey starts off on an unpleasant note as Butch kills Terry, following the latter's attempt to harm the child . With his partner out of the way, the convict and his young victim take to the Texas highway in a bid to flee from the pursuing police . </P>

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