30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story

2017 | Documentary

Synopsis

In the 1980s a bunch of underground cartoonists parodied a popular doll. The resulting commercial product tapped into the international kid zeitgeist. That young generation felt that this product spoke to the revulsion they had for the corporate pop culture that was being fed to them.

Scores

Overall Score
24.0
Popularity Percentile (Year)
8.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
22.1%
Review Aggregate
61.6

Critic Consensus

100.0% Fresh • 1 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 100% of 1 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, emotional, visually striking. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

character-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Hal Smith2017$0$1,000(est)
Tress MacNeille2017$0$0(est)
Arthur Burghardt2017$0$0(est)
Neil Ross2017$0$0(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic scoreN/A
RT critic review count1
Rotten Tomatoes audience score57.0
RT audience rating count25
IMDb rating6.8
IMDb votes271

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2017$27,739$35,503
International2017N/AN/A
Worldwide2017$27,739$35,503

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 Revenue2017$13,870$17,751
Digital Rentals ?2017$755,000$966,314
Digital Purchases ?2017$843,000$1,078,944
Physical Rentals ?2017$563,000$720,576
Physical Purchases ?2017$1,618,000$2,070,855
TV & Streaming Revenue2017$75,000$95,991
Total Revenues2017$3,867,870$4,950,431
Expenses
Budget ?2017$250,000 (est)$319,971 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2017$80,000 (est)$102,391 (est)
Participations2017$155,000$198,382
Residuals ?2017$204,000$261,097
Interest & Overhead2017$50,000$63,994
Total Expenses2017$739,000$945,836
Movie Net Profit or Loss2017$3,128,870$4,004,595

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