12 Years a Slave

2013 | Biography, Drama, History

Synopsis

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

Scores

Overall Score
94.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
98.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
93.4%
Review Aggregate
89.8

Critic Consensus

N/A • 0 critic reviews

No professional critic quote data was available to synthesize a consensus summary.

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Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Chiwetel Ejiofor2013$1,061,000$1,428,000(est)
Michael Fassbender2013$653,000$879,000(est)
Benedict Cumberbatch2013$230,000 source$309,661reported
Paul Dano2013$402,000$541,000(est)
Paul Giamatti2013$344,000$463,000(est)
Lupita Nyong'o2013$303,000$407,000(est)
Sarah Paulson2013$272,000$366,000(est)
Brad Pitt2013$247,000$333,000(est)
Alfre Woodard2013$228,000$307,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score95.0
RT critic review count377
Rotten Tomatoes audience score90.0
RT audience rating count100,000
IMDb rating8.1
IMDb votes771,691

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2013$56,671,992$76,300,447
International2013$131,061,210$176,454,516
Worldwide2013$187,733,200$252,754,960

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2013$80,760,480$108,732,030
Digital Rentals ?2013$5,028,000$6,769,458
Digital Purchases ?2013$3,006,000$4,047,134
Physical Rentals ?2013$6,498,000$8,748,595
Physical Purchases ?2013$16,838,000$22,669,874
TV & Streaming Revenue2013$14,167,998$19,075,112
Total Revenues2013$126,298,478$170,042,202
Expenses
Budget ?2013$20,000,000$26,927,039
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2013$25,000,000 (est)$33,658,799 (est)
Participations2013$10,104,000$13,603,540
Residuals ?2013$2,683,000$3,612,262
Interest & Overhead2013$4,000,000$5,385,408
Total Expenses2013$61,787,000$83,187,048
Movie Net Profit or Loss2013$64,511,478$86,855,154

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