50 First Dates

2004 | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Affliction, Amnesia, Hawaii, North America, Promiscuous Character, Romantic Comedy, USA, Womanizer

Synopsis

Henry Roth is a man afraid of commitment until he meets the beautiful Lucy. They hit it off and Henry think he's finally found the girl of his dreams until discovering she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the next day.

Scores

Overall Score
88.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
96.2%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
95.3%
Review Aggregate
57.8

Critic Consensus

44.9% Fresh • 167 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 45% of 167 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, lighthearted, thin plot. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

romanticlightheartedthin plotfunnymacabreemotionalcharacter-drivencoming of ageaction-packedgritty

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Adam Sandler2004$6,470,000$10,744,000(est)
Drew Barrymore2004$3,983,000$6,614,000(est)
Rob Schneider2004$2,999,000$4,980,000(est)
Sean Astin2004$2,452,000$4,071,000(est)
Dan Aykroyd2004$2,097,000$3,483,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score45.0
RT critic review count175
Rotten Tomatoes audience score65.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating6.8
IMDb votes404,562

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2004$120,908,070$200,788,043
International2004$77,505,350$128,710,577
Worldwide2004$198,413,420$329,498,620

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 Revenue2004$91,456,175$151,878,252
Digital Rentals ?2004$214,000$355,383
Digital Purchases ?2004$6,000$9,964
Physical Rentals ?2004$22,571,000$37,482,915
Physical Purchases ?2004$47,226,000$78,426,660
TV & Streaming Revenue2004$33,854,260$56,220,652
Total Revenues2004$195,327,435$324,373,826
Expenses
Budget ?2004$75,000,000$124,550,025
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2004$27,476,000 (est)$45,628,487 (est)
Participations2004$15,626,000$25,949,583
Residuals ?2004$6,791,000$11,277,590
Interest & Overhead2004$11,250,000$18,682,504
Total Expenses2004$136,143,000$226,088,188
Movie Net Profit or Loss2004$59,184,435$98,285,638

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