27 Dresses

2008 | Comedy, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Wedding

Synopsis

After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister's side as her sibling marries the man she's secretly in love with.

Scores

Overall Score
84.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
93.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
92.9%
Review Aggregate
51.2

Critic Consensus

39.6% Fresh • 149 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 40% of 149 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, thin plot, funny. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

romanticthin plotfunnylightheartedcharacter-drivendarkstylizedhistoricalvisually strikinggritty

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Katherine Heigl2008$6,000,000 source$8,742,221reported
James Marsden2008$1,328,000$1,934,000(est)
Malin Åkerman2008$1,000,000$1,456,000(est)
Judy Greer2008$817,000$1,191,000(est)
Edward Burns2008$699,000$1,019,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score40.0
RT critic review count154
Rotten Tomatoes audience score57.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating6.1
IMDb votes183,833

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2008$76,808,656$111,913,040
International2008$85,846,696$125,081,797
Worldwide2008$162,655,340$236,994,820

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 Revenue2008$72,743,006$105,989,239
Digital Rentals ?2008$1,837,000$2,676,577
Digital Purchases ?2008$655,000$954,359
Physical Rentals ?2008$15,221,000$22,177,557
Physical Purchases ?2008$31,537,000$45,950,570
TV & Streaming Revenue2008$19,202,164$27,978,260
Total Revenues2008$141,195,170$205,726,563
Expenses
Budget ?2008$30,000,000$43,711,105
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2008$32,020,000 (est)$46,654,319 (est)
Participations2008$11,296,000$16,458,688
Residuals ?2008$4,470,000$6,512,955
Interest & Overhead2008$5,100,000$7,430,888
Total Expenses2008$82,886,000$120,767,954
Movie Net Profit or Loss2008$58,309,170$84,958,608

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